This page maps information sources on the Internet linked to CO2 capture and its storage in suitable geological structures, links to related projects and other relevant websites.
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European Union |
European Commission - Energy Research |
| EC information pages on energy related research; section Sustainable Energy Systems contains subsection CO2 Capture and Storage. |
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| European Commission - Energy |
| EC information pages on energy |
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| European Commission - Directorate-General for Environment - Climate Change |
| DG Environment pages contain a lot of information on climate change and important links, i.a. to the European Emission Trading pages, etc. |
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| European Climate Change Programme II |
| Document library of ECCP II Working Groups, incl. WG3 - CO2 Capture and Geological Storage?. |
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| 6th EC Framework Programme (2002-2006) |
| Pages of the 6th Framework Programme of the EC for research, technological development and demonstration activities (FP6). |
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| 7th EC Framework Programme (2007-2013) |
| Pages of the newly launched 7th Framework Programme of the EC for research, technological development and demonstration activities (FP7). |
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| CO2 Europipe |
| FP7 project focused on transport of CO2 |
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| European Technology Platform on Zero Emission Fossil Fuel Power Plants |
| Website of ZEP ETP, which represents a common vehicle of the EC, industry, research institutions and NGOs for defining and deployment of the European R&D strategy in the field of zero-emission power generation, incl. CO2 capture and storage. |
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| European Commission - website on CO2 capture and storage |
| EC website dedicated to CCS with sections "What is CCS ?" and "CCS in Europe" |
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| EurActiv |
| CCS webpages of EurActiv - independent server providing information about actions and developments in the EU |
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| The European CCS Demonstration Project Network |
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Global programmes and initiatives |
| Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) |
| Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has been established by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to assess scientific, technical and socio- economic information relevant for the understanding of climate change, its potential impacts and options for adaptation and mitigation. |
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| Global Carbon Capture and Storage Institute |
| New institution established by the Australian Government to accelerate information sharing and the global deployment of carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology. |
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| IEA Greenhouse Gas R&D Programme |
| The Greenhouse Gas R&D Programme of the International Energy Agency (IEA GHG) is an international collaborative research programme focused on studying technologies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. |
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| CO2 Capture and Storage |
| Information website of IEA GHG devoted to CO2 capture and storage. |
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| Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum |
| Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum (CSLF) is an international climate change initiative that is focused on development of improved cost-effective technologies for the separation and capture of carbon dioxide for its transport and long-term safe storage. |
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| The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) |
| The Convention on Climate Change sets an overall framework for intergovernmental efforts to tackle the challenge posed by climate change.
It recognizes that the climate system is a shared resource whose stability can be affected by industrial and other emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. 189 countries have ratified the Convention. |
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| IPAC-CO2 |
| International Performance Assessment Centre for the geologic storage of Carbon Dioxide |
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R&D and information networks |
| CO2NET |
| Carbon Dioxide Knowledge Sharing Network is focused on CO2 capture and storage knowledge exchange and dissemination. |
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| ENeRG |
| European Network for Research in Geo-Energy, with extensive activities in the area of geological storage of CO2. |
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| CO2 GeoNet |
| European Network of Excellence for geological storage of CO2, financed within the 6th EC Framework Programme. |
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| International Post Combustion Capture Network |
| Network for post-combustion capture under the aegis of IEA Greenhouse gas R&D programme. |
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| High Temperature Solid Looping Cycles Network |
| Network aiming at promotion of further development of processes for CO2 capture which involve solid looping cycles operating at elevated temperatures, under the aegis of IEA Greenhouse gas R&D programme. |
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| Oxy-fuel Combustion Network |
| Oxy-fuel combustion network under the aegis of IEA Greenhouse gas R&D programme. |
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| Risk Assesment Network |
| Network for CO2 capture and storage risk assessment under the aegis of IEA Greenhouse gas R&D programme. |
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| Monitoring Network |
| Network for monitoring of CO2 stored in geological structures under the aegis of IEA Greenhouse gas R&D programme. |
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| DECARBit |
| DECARBit project to investigate cheaper carbon capture technologies |
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| Well Bore Integrity Network |
| Network for well bore integrity for CO2 storage under the aegis of IEA Greenhouse gas R&D programme. |
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| International Network on Biofixation of CO2 and Greenhouse Gas Abatement with Microalgae |
| Network under the aegis of IEA Greenhouse gas R&D programme. |
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R&D projects co-financed by the EC |
| GESTCO |
| "Geological storage of CO2 from fossil fuel combustion" ? a completed 5th Framework Programme project assessed the potential for geological storage of CO2 in 8 ?old EU? countries. |
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| CAPRICE |
| FP6 project on international cooperation and exchange in the area of post-combustion CO2-capture using amine processes |
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| CO2STORE |
| A completed 5th Framework Programme (FP5) project, focused on storage of CO2 in aquifers, incl. 4 case studies. |
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| RECOPOL |
| A completed 5th Framework Programme (FP5) project, concentrated on storage of CO2 in coal seams. |
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| NASCENT |
| "Natural analogues for the storage of CO2 in the geological environment" - a completed 5th Framework Programme project, focused on research on natural CO2 occurrences. |
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| EU GeoCapacity |
| "Assessing European Capacity for Geological Storage of Carbon Dioxide" ? 6th Framework Programme (FP6) project embraces also EU New Member States and Candidate Countries. |
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| CO2SINK |
| FP6 Integrated Project, dedicated to CO2 storage in a saline aquifer near Ketzin in Germany. |
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| ENCAP |
| "Enhanced capture of CO2" - FP6 Integrated Project focused on pre-combustion capture of CO2. |
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| CASTOR |
| "CO2 from capture to storage" - FP6 Integrated Project mainly concentrated on post-combustion capture of CO2. |
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| CACHET |
| FP6 Integrated Project focused on development of technologies for technologies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from power production from natural gas with coincident hydrogen production. |
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| ISCC |
| "Innovative In Situ CO2 Capture Technology for Solid Fuel Gasification" ? 6th Framework Programme project. |
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| HY2SEPS |
| "Hybrid Hydrogen - Carbon Dioxide Separation Systems" ? FP6 project devoted to development of hybrid membranes for H2 and CO2 separation for fossil fuels decarbonisation process used for the pre-combustion CO2 capture. |
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| Dynamis |
| "Towards Hydrogen and Electricity Production with Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage" ? FP6 project, part of the HYPOGEN initiative, the goal of which is to put the first European full-scale facility for combined hydrogen & power production from fossil fuels into operation by 2015. |
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| Accsept |
| "Acceptance of CO2 capture and storage, economics, policy and technology" ? FP6 project focused on main obstacles to implementation of CO2 capture and storage technologies in Europe. |
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| NANOGLOWA |
| "Optimal nanostructured membranes and installations for CO2 capture from power plants" - an FP6 project focused on research on nanostructured membranes for CO2 capture and separation. |
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| STRACO2 |
| STRACO2
“Support to regulatory activities for carbon capture and storage”, FP7 project aiming at reviewing development and implementation of a regulatory framework in the EU for CCS activities. Part of the scope is also supporting CCS collaboration and implementation in the international context, particularly in China. |
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| ECCO – European value Chain for CO2 |
| FP7 project focused on European infrastructure for CCS and CCS value chains, incl. enhanced oil/gas recovery (EOR/EGR). |
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| MUSTANG |
| A multiple space and time scale approach for the quantification of deep saline formations for CO2 storage – FP7 R&D project |
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Industrial project and initiatives |
| SACS |
| Demonstration project focused on monitoring of CO2 stored in a saline aquifer (Sleipner, North Sea). Completed in 2004. |
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| CO2 Capture Project |
| CCP is an international project financed by 8 companies from the group of biggest power producers. |
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| StatoilHydro |
| CO2 capture and storage projects - Sleipner, Snohvit, Tjeldbergodden, Mongstad ... |
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| Vattenfall |
| Vattenfall's project on CCS. |
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| RWE |
| Information about zero-emission power production projects of the company. |
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| BP |
| BP activities in the field of CCS. |
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| ALSTOM Power |
| CO2 solutions of ALSTOM |
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National programmes |
| CATO |
| Dutch national research programme for CO2 capture and storage. |
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| Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage in Norway |
| Pages of the Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy |
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| CCS web pages of the UK government |
| Pages of the British Department of Energy and Climate Change |
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| CAPTECH |
| "CO2 Capture Technology Development" ? Dutch national programme. |
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| COORETEC |
| German national programme to support development of zero-emission power stations. |
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| GEOTECHNOLOGIEN |
| German research programme of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research; its "Investigation, Use and Protection of the Underground" section includes a series of R&D projects devoted to CO2 geological storage. |
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| Polish national programme |
| „Assessment of formations and structures for safe CO2 geological storage, including monitoring plans” |
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| CENITCO2 |
| Spanish national programme focused on the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions to the atmosphere through the development of energy efficiency and CO2 capture, storage and valorisation technologies |
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Czech national pages |
| Ministry of Environment - climate change |
| Ministerial pages with information on climate change and emission trading. |
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| GIS-Geoindustry |
| GIS-Geoindustry company pages on geological storage of CO2. |
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Magazines and newsletters |
| Carbon Capture Journal |
| New journal published in the UK |
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| International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control |
| International scientific journal - common project of IEA GHG and Elsevier publishing house. |
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| Greenhouse Issues |
| Newsletter of the Greenhouse Gas R&D programme of the International Energy Agency (IEA GHG). |
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| GEO ENeRGY |
| Newsletter of the European Network for Research in Geo-Energy (ENeRG). |
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| ENCAP newsletter |
| Newletter of the European ENCAP R&D project, focused on pre-combustion capture of CO2. |
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| Bridging to the Future |
| Newsletter of the Vattenfall company and its zero-emission power plant project. |
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