Journal
MITIGATION AND ADAPTATION STRATEGIES FOR GLOBAL CHANGE
Volume 17, Issue 6, Pages 601-619Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s11027-011-9353-3
Keywords
Abatement potential; Carbon capture and storage; Demonstration; Deployment; Risk; Stakeholder analysis
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- European Commission
- Foundation for Strategic Environmental Research
- Directorate General for Research
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The potential for CO2 emission reductions through carbon capture and storage (CCS) is depending on investments that can bring the technology from the current R&D through to commercial applications. The intermediate step in this development is demonstration plants that can prove the technical, economic, social, and ecological feasibility of CCS technologies. Based on a CCS stakeholder questionnaire survey and a literature review, we critically analyse discrepancies regarding perceptions of deployment obstacles and experiences from early demonstration plants. The analysis identifies discrepancies between CCS policies versus important deployment considerations and CCS stakeholder policy demands. The discrepancy gap is emphasised by lessons from restructured, postponed, and cancelled CCS projects. To bridge this cognitive gap towards proving CCS through demonstration activities, the article highlights policy implications of establishing a broad understanding of deployment obstacles. Attention to these obstacles is important for policymakers and industry in channelling efforts to demonstrating CCS, hence validating the current focus on CCS as a key abatement potential. Under present conditions, the findings question the robustness of current CCS abatement potential estimates and deployment goals as established by policymakers and in scenarios.
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