The impact of religious faith on attitudes to environmental issues and Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) technologies: A mixed methods study

This paper provides a brief update on some of the key environmental issues that arose during 2008. Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) projects dominated the referrals for petroleum related projects made under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 during the 2008 calendar year. The environmental aspects of these projects are summarised. The focus of the Federal Government on policy and legislation to meet greenhouse gas abatement commitments in response to climate change has resulted in the development of a number of key policies that will impact on petroleum and gas developments. This has also been reflected in policy and legislation at State levels. The first reporting period for the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act 2007 started on 1 July 2008. Carbon capture and storage capability is seen as an essential component of any low emission energy future. Legislation and policy need to be delivered in a timeframe to meet low emission deadlines, as this provides the framework for the implementation of technology. Key legislation was debated and delivered during 2008, but the administrative and regulatory framework is still in preparation. Several projects for which geosequestration is a key component are summarised. Regulatory review has suggested that streamlining of approvals and removing duplication of approvals would decrease the significant delays some projects are experiencing. Regulation that is outcomes based rather than process driven and prescriptive will also facilitate more timely approval of projects.

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HOW CARBON MARKET COOPERATION CHANGES THE ENERGY SYSTEMS IN NORTHEAST ASIA

Climate Change Economics ◽

10.1142/s2010007820500104 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 11 (02) ◽

pp. 2050010

Author(s):

MINHO BAEK ◽

QIMIN CHAI ◽

SUDUK KIM

Keyword(s):

Power Systems ◽

Carbon Capture ◽

Emissions Trading ◽

Northeast Asia ◽

Carbon Capture And Storage ◽

Carbon Market ◽

Assessment Model ◽

Scenario Analyses ◽

Ccs Technologies ◽

The Impact

This paper explores the impact of international emissions trading (IET) among Korea, China, and Japan, three countries that would form the largest potential carbon market in the world. The Nationally Determined Contribution for each country forms the basis of scenario analyses using GCAM (Global Change Assessment Model). As expected, China emerges as the sole net seller of emissions permits while Korea and Japan are the net purchasers of emission permits produced by China. All participants enjoy gains from emissions trading. The implementation of IET changes the power systems of Korea and Japan by favoring increased conventional fossil fuel usage over renewable power technologies or attached carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies, while China’s power system moves in the opposite direction, by boosting the deployment of renewables and CCS-attached technologies. Considering the counterproductive incentives for Korea and Japan to consume more carbon-intensive energy sources, each country should consider such issues carefully before officially adopting IET as the pillar of climate policy.

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Technical and Economic Aspects of Carbon Capture an Storage — A Review

Energy Exploration & Exploitation ◽

10.1260/014459807783528883 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 25 (5) ◽

pp. 357-392 ◽

Cited By ~ 24

Author(s):

Havva Balat ◽

Cahide Öz

Keyword(s):

Carbon Dioxide ◽

Carbon Dioxide Emissions ◽

Carbon Capture ◽

Fossil Fuels ◽

Carbon Capture And Storage ◽

The United States ◽

Potential Contribution ◽

Economic Aspects ◽

Ccs Technologies ◽

And Storage

This article deals with review of technical and economic aspects of Carbon Capture and Storage. Since the late 1980s a new concept is being developed which enables to make use of fossil fuels with a considerably reduced emission of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere. The concept is often called ‘Carbon Capture and Storage’ (CCS). CCS technologies are receiving increasing attention, mainly for their potential contribution to the optimal mitigation of carbon dioxide emissions that is intended to avoid future, dangerous climate change. CCS technologies attract a lot of attention because they could allow “to reduce our carbon dioxide emissions to the atmosphere whilst continuing to use fossil fuels”. CCS is not a completely new technology, e.g., the United States alone is sequestering about 8.5 MtC for enhanced oil recovery each year. Today, CCS technologies are widely recognised as an important means of progress in industrialized countries.

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Environmental assessment of amending the Amager Bakke incineration plant in Copenhagen with carbon capture and storage

Waste Management & Research ◽

10.1177/0734242x211048125 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 0734242X2110481

Author(s):

V. Bisinella ◽

J. Nedenskov ◽

Christian Riber ◽

Tore Hulgaard ◽

Thomas H. Christensen

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Carbon Capture ◽

Carbon Capture And Storage ◽

Climate Change Impacts ◽

Waste Incineration ◽

Heat Output ◽

Net Energy ◽

District Heating System ◽

The Impact ◽

And Storage

Amending municipal solid waste incineration with carbon capture and storage (CCS) is a new approach that can reduce the climate change impacts of waste incineration. This study provides a detailed analysis of the consequences of amending the new Amager Bakke incinerator in Copenhagen (capacity: 600,000 tonnes waste per year) with CCS as a post-combustion technology. Emphasis is on the changes in the energy flows and outputs as well as the environmental performance of the plant; the latter is assessed by life cycle assessment. Amending Amager Bakke with CCS of the chosen configuration reduces the electricity output by 50% due to steam use by the capture unit, but introducing post-capture flue gas condensation increases the heat output utilized in the Copenhagen district heating system by 20%. Thus, the overall net energy efficiency is not affected. The CCS amendment reduces the fossil CO2 emissions to 40 kg CO2 per tonne of incinerated waste and stores 530 kg biogenic CO2 per tonne of incinerated waste. Potential developments in the composition of the residual waste incinerated or in the energy systems that Amager Bakke interacts with, do not question the benefits of the CCS amendment. In terms of climate change impacts, considering different waste composition and energy system scenarios, introducing CCS reduces in average the impact of Amager Bakke by 850 kg CO2-equivalents per tonne of incinerated waste. CCS increases the environmental impacts in other categories, but not in the same order of magnitude as the savings introduced within climate change.

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The Awareness and Impact of Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) on Climate Change in Malaysia

International Journal of Social Ecology and Sustainable Development ◽

10.4018/ijsesd.2018040102 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 9 (2) ◽

pp. 13-27 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Zulkipli Ghazali ◽

Muhammad Zahid

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Least Squares ◽

Carbon Capture ◽

Social Economic ◽

Public Awareness ◽

Carbon Capture And Storage ◽

Environmental Issues ◽

Policy Makers ◽

Economic Issues ◽

And Storage

This article aims to investigate the level of public awareness and perception regarding carbon capture and storage (CCS) and climate change in Malaysia. The article also aims to identify those social, economic and environmental issues which affect CCS and combating climate change in the country. The findings revealed that more than 79 percent of the respondents were willing to have government initiatives to implement CCS projects. However, about 21 percent were against these initiatives due to their different perceptions and opinions regarding CCS. By using partial least squares (PLS) model through SmartPLS 2.0, it is found that social and economic issues of CCS have significant positive while environmental issues have no significant impact on combating climate change. The findings offer significant implications for regulators, policy makers, and practitioners regarding social, economic and environmental issues of CCS and climate change in Malaysia.

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The atmospheric signature of carbon capture and storage

Philosophical Transactions of The Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences ◽

10.1098/rsta.2011.0016 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 369 (1943) ◽

pp. 2113-2132 ◽

Cited By ~ 15

Author(s):

Ralph F. Keeling ◽

Andrew C. Manning ◽

Manvendra K. Dubey

Keyword(s):

Carbon Capture ◽

Carbon Capture And Storage ◽

Global Network ◽

Atmospheric Composition ◽

Fossil Fuel Combustion ◽

Below Ground ◽

The Impact ◽

And Storage ◽

Background Air ◽

Observing Systems

Compared with other industrial processes, carbon capture and storage (CCS) will have an unusual impact on atmospheric composition by reducing the CO 2 released from fossil-fuel combustion plants, but not reducing the associated O 2 loss. CO 2 that leaks into the air from below-ground CCS sites will also be unusual in lacking the O 2 deficit normally associated with typical land CO 2 sources, such as from combustion or ecosystem exchanges. CCS may also produce distinct isotopic changes in atmospheric CO 2 . Using simple models and calculations, we estimate the impact of CCS or leakage on regional atmospheric composition. We also estimate the possible impact on global atmospheric composition, assuming that the technology is widely adopted. Because of its unique signature, CCS may be especially amenable to monitoring, both regionally and globally, using atmospheric observing systems. Measurements of the O 2 /N 2 ratio and the CO 2 concentration in the proximity of a CCS site may allow detection of point leaks of the order of 1000 ton CO 2 yr −1 from a CCS reservoir up to 1 km from the source. Measurements of O 2 /N 2 and CO 2 in background air from a global network may allow quantification of global and hemispheric capture rates from CCS to the order of ±0.4 Pg C yr −1 .

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Cement slurry resistance to chemical aggressiveness of carbon capture and storage (CCS) method

E3S Web of Conferences ◽

10.1051/e3sconf/20187100011 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 71 ◽

pp. 00011

Author(s):

Malgorzata Formela ◽

Slawomir Wysocki ◽

Rafal Wisniowski

Keyword(s):

Carbon Capture ◽

Carbon Capture And Storage ◽

Environmental Issues ◽

Hydraulic Press ◽

Laboratory Research ◽

Rheological Parameters ◽

Hardened Cement ◽

Cement Slurry ◽

The World ◽

And Storage

Nowadays, scientists from all over the world are focused on environmental issues connected with the greenhouse gases. The carbon dioxide is one of those gases. Therefore, researches are carried out to limit the emission or utilization the already ones. The aim of laboratory research was to find additives and admixtures resistant to CO2 presence and at the same time, able to modify rheological parameters of fresh cement slurry, as it is desirable during cementing of the wellbore. Moreover, research included the effect of newly synthesized polymers on the cement parameters. Laboratory research included filtration of the cement slurry, rheological parameters – Yield point, mechanical properties of hardened cement slurry obtained from hydraulic press and photographs of changes in mineralogical structure of cement from the electron microscope. The research was divided into two parts. The first one was based on the cement mixtures with commonly used superplastifier (SPL). In the second one, the SPL was replaced with newly synthesized polymer.

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Transporting the Next Generation of CO2 for Carbon, Capture and Storage: The Impact of Impurities on Supercritical CO2 Pipelines

2008 7th International Pipeline Conference, Volume 1 ◽

10.1115/ipc2008-64063 ◽

2008 ◽

Cited By ~ 14

Author(s):

Patricia N. Seevam ◽

Julia M. Race ◽

Martin J. Downie ◽

Phil Hopkins

Keyword(s):

Carbon Dioxide ◽

Carbon Capture ◽

Power Plants ◽

Fossil Fuel ◽

Carbon Capture And Storage ◽

Transport Infrastructure ◽

New Generation ◽

The Impact ◽

And Storage ◽

Fossil Fuel Power Plants

Climate change has been attributed to greenhouse gases with carbon dioxide (CO2) being the major contributor. Most of these CO2 emissions originate from the burning of fossil fuels (e.g. power plants). Governments and industry worldwide are now proposing to capture CO2 from their power plants and either store it in depleted reservoirs or saline aquifers (‘Carbon Capture and Storage’, CCS), or use it for ‘Enhanced Oil Recovery’ (EOR) in depleting oil and gas fields. The capture of this anthropogenic (man made sources of CO2) CO2 will mitigate global warming, and possibly reduce the impact of climate change. The United States has over 30 years experience with the transportation of carbon dioxide by pipeline, mainly from naturally occurring, relatively pure CO2 sources for onshore EOR. CCS projects differ significantly from this past experience as they will be focusing on anthropogenic sources from major polluters such as fossil fuel power plants, and the necessary CO2 transport infrastructure will involve both long distance onshore and offshore pipelines. Also, the fossil fuel power plants will produce CO2 with varying combinations of impurities depending on the capture technology used. CO2 pipelines have never been designed for these differing conditions; therefore, CCS will introduce a new generation of CO2 for transport. Application of current design procedures to the new generation pipelines is likely to yield an over-designed pipeline facility, with excessive investment and operating cost. In particular, the presence of impurities has a significant impact on the physical properties of the transported CO2 which affects: pipeline design; compressor/pump power; repressurisation distance; pipeline capacity. These impurities could also have implications in the fracture control of the pipeline. All these effects have direct implications for both the technical and economic feasibility of developing a carbon dioxide transport infrastructure onshore and offshore. This paper compares and contrasts the current experience of transporting CO2 onshore with the proposed transport onshore and offshore for CCS. It covers studies on the effect of physical and transport properties (hydraulics) on key technical aspects of pipeline transportation, and the implications for designing and operating a pipeline for CO2 containing impurities. The studies reported in the paper have significant implications for future CO2 transportation, and highlight a number of knowledge gaps that will have to be filled to allow for the efficient and economic design of pipelines for this ‘next’ generation of anthropogenic CO2.

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