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Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage


Carbon Capture and Storage

Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is the technological process of capturing carbon dioxide from a power plant or industrial activity and the storage of that captured carbon dioxide in an underground basalt formation, saline aquifer, depleted oil and gas reservoir, or sub-sea geologic formation.
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Drivers and barriers towards large scale Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) deployment and possible government responses: Current insights from the Dutch perspective

2011
Scholarly Work
Marten W. Slagter, Edmund Wellenstein
This paper seeks to provide insight into the drivers and barriers, and the possible government responses needed, to overcome hurdles towards large scale CCS deployment in the Netherlands.

Federal Control of Carbon Capture and Storage

2011
Scholarly Work
Arnold W. Reitze Jr.
This article discusses the technical and legal problems that must be resolved to have a viable CCS program at the U.S. Department of Energy.

Carbon capture and storage – legal and regulatory framework

2011
Think Tank Report
Thomas J Russial
This was a 2011 progress report on CCS readiness throughout the world with regard to the legal and regulatory framework development that is critical to CCS deployment.

Toward policy integration: Assessing carbon capture and storage policies in Japan and Norway

2011
Scholarly Work
Atsushi Ishii, Oluf Langhelle
This article explores the idea of an ‘integrated carbon capture and storage policy’ (ICCSP) through a review of CCS policies in Japan and Norway.

Carbon capture and storage policy in the United States: A new coalition endeavors to change existing policy

2011
Scholarly Work
Melisa Pollak, Sarah Johnson Phillips, Shalini Vajjhala
This paper reviews geologic storage (GS) policy developments at both the U.S. federal and state levels, including some original research on state GS policy development.

CCS Challenges and Opportunities for China

2011
Think Tank Report
Andrew Minchener
This IEA Clean Coal Centre report provides a review of China’s CCS research and development (R&D) programs, including the scope of the activities as well as the various funding sources.

Accelerating Carbon Capture and Sequestration Projects: Analysis and Comparison of Policy Approaches

2011
Scholarly Work
Elizabeth A. Burton, Souheil Ezzedine, John Reed, John H. Beyer
This paper seeks to inform the development of any future legislation in California, should it be deemed necessary to employ CCS to meet the goals of Assembly Bill 1925 (2006).

Alberta’s new carbon capture and storage legislation

2011
Scholarly Work
Nigel D. Bankes
This paper describes and analyzes Canadian legislation passed in 2010 that clarifies issues relating to pore space ownership, disposal rights, and a provision for the transfer to the state of liability for CCS projects post‐closure.

Analysis of Carbon Capture and Sequestration Pore Space Legislation: A Review of Existing and Possible Regimes

2011
Scholarly Work
Elizabeth Lokey Aldrich, Cassandra Koerner
This paper discusses possible liability schemes, critically analyzes those state-level schemes currently in place, and proposes the best possible choice for long-term coverage of geological sequestration.

Pipedream to Pipeline: Ownership of Kentucky’s Subterranean Pore Space for Use in Carbon Capture and Sequestration

2011
Scholarly Work
Mark A. Imbrogno
This article seeks to define and clarify property rights to subsurface pore space in Kentucky, particularly rights to the types of structures that are relevant to CCS.

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