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Energy World June 2009

01/06/2009

This issue takes a hard look at the prospects for CCS from both UK and European perspectives – see features on pages 10 and 12. Major UK Government announcements on coal and CCS are also reported on the news pages.

Much discussion of CCS looks to the future, but certain processes needed for CCS already exist. It is easy to transport carbon dioxide in pipelines and, since 1996, StatoilHydro has captured one million tonnes of carbon dioxide per year from natural gas production processes in the Sleipner field, and stored this in an aquifer more than 800 metres below the seabed (see cover illustration). The key is joining the technology together at scale, enabling emissions to be captured from large power plants and buried safely away.

This issue also looks at underground coal gasification, how to get sensible carbon reductions when using biomass, and ponders the future of the UK electricity grid.

Issue details

EW Jun 09.pdf

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Journal title: Energy World

Publisher: Energy Institute

Organisation: Energy Institute

Subjects: Research and development, Carbon capture, transportation and storage, Coal products, Clean coal technology, Carbon emissions, Carbon dioxide