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What is CCS?

07 September 2015
Global CCS Institute
The Global CCS Institute explains that CCS- carbon capture and storage- is a suite of technologies that prevents carbon dioxide emissions from entering the atmosphere. What is CCS? Carbon capture, use and storage (CCUS) Organisation:  Global CCS Institute ...
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Carbon capture, use and storage (CCUS)
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Levelised Costs of Electricity with CCS

24 July 2015
Lawrence Irlam
The Global CCS Institute has recently released analysis of low emissions technologies compared on the basis of emissions reduction potential and levelised cost of electricity (LCOE). Coal with carbon capture and storage (CCS) falls in the mid-range of LCO ...
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Economics Carbon capture, use and storage (CCUS)
Lawrence Irlam
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Teesside Collective blueprint for Industrial CCS in the UK

08 July 2015
Andrew Purvis
Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is the only available technology for eliminating emissions from many current industrial processes. The Teesside Collective is a group of industrial operators in the Tees Valley region of North East England who have come to ...
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Engineering and project delivery Economics Carbon capture, use and storage (CCUS)
Andrew Purvis
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G7 and the role of the European Union ahead of COP21 in Paris

17 June 2015
Silvia Vaghi
Several important events are taking place in the months ahead of the international climate change negotiations at the 21st Conference of the Parties (COP21) in Paris in December. In separate events world leaders have demonstrated their support for a clima ...
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Energy efficiency Economics Carbon capture, use and storage (CCUS) Policy, law and regulation Carbon markets
Silvia Vaghi
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The importance of CCS Hubs and Clusters

16 June 2015
Andrew Purvis
Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is the only feasible option for capturing emissions from the many smaller-scale industrial sources of CO 2 which make up almost half of global emissions reductions under the 2-degree scenario (2DS). Aggregating industrial ...
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Economics Carbon capture, use and storage (CCUS) CO2 hubs Policy, law and regulation
Andrew Purvis
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G7 leaders endorse energy sector transformation

16 June 2015
Silvia Vaghi
On 7-8 June 2015, Germany hosted the meeting of the G7 (Group of Seven) Heads of State and Governments. Leaders from Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the UK, the European Commission and the US met in Schloss Elmau, Bavaria to discuss progress on a n ...
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Renewables Economics Policy, law and regulation
Silvia Vaghi

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