An Economic and Environmental Assessment of Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Power Plants – A Case Study for the City of Kiel

Kiel Institute for the World Economy; (D-24100 Kiel, Germany) / by Sören Lindner, Sonja Peterson and Wilhelm Windhorst
http://www.ifw-members.ifw-kiel.de/publications/an-economic-and-environmental-assessment-of-carbon-capture-and-storage-ccs-power-plants-2013-a-case-study-for-the-city-of-kiel/kwp-1527
[Abstract]  In the next years several power plants throughout Europe have to be replaced and the questions is whether to build coal fired power plants with carbon capture and storage (CCS). In a study for the city of Kiel [...]

Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS)

Congressional Research Service
http://opencrs.com/document/RL33801/
[Summary] Carbon capture and sequestration (or storage)known as CCS has attracted interest as a measure for mitigating global climate change because large amounts of carbon dioxide (CO2) emitted from fossil fuel use in the United States are potentially available to be captured and stored underground or prevented from reaching the atmosphere. Large, industrial [...]

Realistic Costs of Carbon Capture

Belfer Center, Kennedy School, Harvard Univ. / by Mohammed Al-Juaied and Adam Whitmore
http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/publication/19185/realistic_costs_of_carbon_capture.html
[Abstract] There is a growing interest in carbon capture and storage (CCS) as a means of reducing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. However there are substantial uncertainties about the costs of CCS. Costs for pre-combustion capture with compression (i.e. excluding costs of transport [...]

Optimal Spatial Deployment of Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage Given a Price on Carbon Dioxide

Belfer Center, Harvard Univ., Kennedy School / by Michael J. Kuby, Jeffrey Bielicki and Richard S. Middleton. (forthcoming in International Regional Science Review, Special Issue for ISOLDE XI)
http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/publication/19211/optimal_spatial_deployment_of_carbon_dioxide_capture_and_storage_given_a_price_on_carbon_dioxide.html
[Abstract] Carbon dioxide capture and storage (CCS) links together technologies that separate carbon dioxide (CO2) from fixed point source emissions and transport it by pipeline to geologic reservoirs [...]

Clean Coal : DOE’s Decision to Restructure FutureGen Should Be Based on a Comprehensive Analysis of Costs, Benefits, and Risks

Government Accountability Office
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d09248.pdf?source=ra
[From summary]  Coal-fired power plants generate about one-half of the nation’s electricity and about one-third of its carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, which contribute to climate change. In 2003, the Department of Energy (DOE) initiated FutureGen—a commercial-scale, coal-fired power plant to incorporate integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC), an advanced generating technology, with carbon capture [...]

Estimates of Carbon Mitigation Potential from Agricultural and Forestry Activities

Congressional Research Service
http://opencrs.com/document/R40236
[From summary]  High petroleum and gasoline prices, concerns over global climate change, and the desire to promote domestic rural economies have greatly increased interest in biofuels as an alternative to petroleum in the U.S. transportation sector. Biofuels, most notably corn ethanol, have grown significantly in the past few years as a component of [...]

Capturing CO2 from Coal-Fired Power Plants : Challenges for a Comprehensive Strategy

Congressional Research Service
http://opencrs.com/document/RL34621
[From summary]  To maintain coal in the worlds energy mix in a carbon-constrained future would require development of a technology to capture and store its carbon dioxide emissions. This situation suggests to some that any greenhouse gas reduction program be delayed until such carbon capture technology has been demonstrated. However, technological innovation and [...]

Exploring Opportunities and Enabling Technologies for Carbon Capture and Storage in China

Belfer Center, Kennedu School, Harvard University / by Hengwei Liu ( Presentation at ETIP Seminar Series. Cambridge, Mass.: Energy Technology Innovation Policy research group)
http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/files/Hengwei%20Liu.pdf
[Website] In this presentation, Liu: (1) explores major opportunities for deployment of carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) technologies in China; (2) identifies critical enabling technologies for CCS to underpin future [...]

Increasing Carbon Storage in Intact African Tropical Forests

Nature (457, 1003-1006, February 19, 2008, www.nature.com/doifinder/10.1038/nature07771) / by Simon L. Lewis et al.
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v457/n7232/abs/nature07771.html
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[From letter] The response of terrestrial vegetation to a globally changing environment is central to predictions of future levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide. The role of tropical forests is critical because they are carbon-dense and highly productive. Inventory plots across Amazonia [...]

Biochar : Examination of an Emerging Concept to Mitigate Climate Change

Congressional Research Service
http://opencrs.com/document/R40186
[Summary] Biochar is a charcoal produced under high temperatures using crop residues, animal manure, or any type of organic waste material. Biochar looks very similar to potting soil. The combined production and use of biochar is considered a carbon-negative process, meaning that carbon is removed from the atmosphere and will not be released [...]