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Carbon Capture, Storage and Use

Technical, Economic, Environmental and Societal Perspectives

  • Approaches CCS from the perspectives of technology development, economic competitiveness, environmental and safety impacts, and social acceptance
  • Discusses awareness, knowledge and attitudes toward CCS and perceptions of its risks and benefits
  • Presented by IEK-STE of Forschungszentrum Juelich (Germany), based on methods of Integrated Technology Assessment
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
  2. Technologies: Status and R&D Prospects

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 11-11
    2. Carbon Capture Technologies

      • Peter Markewitz, Richard Bongartz
      Pages 13-45
    3. CO2 Transportation

      • Richard Bongartz, Jochen Linssen, Peter Markewitz
      Pages 47-65
    4. Opportunities for Utilizing and Recycling CO2

      • Thomas E. Müller, Walter Leitner, Peter Markewitz, Wilhelm Kuckshinrichs
      Pages 67-100
    5. Environmental Aspects of CCS

      • Andrea Schreiber, Petra Zapp, Josefine Marx
      Pages 101-126
    6. Safe Operation of Geological CO2 Storage Using the Example of the Pilot Site in Ketzin

      • Michael Kühn, Axel Liebscher, Sonja Martens, Fabian Möller, Thomas Kempka, Martin Streibel
      Pages 127-143
  3. Economic and Social Perspectives

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 145-145
    2. Economic Analysis of Carbon Capture in the Energy Sector

      • Wilhelm Kuckshinrichs, Stefan Vögele
      Pages 147-171
    3. Cost Analysis for CCS in Selected Carbon-Intensive Industries

      • Johannes Fleer, Wilhelm Kuckshinrichs
      Pages 173-182
    4. The System Value of CCS Technologies in the Context of CO2 Mitigation Scenarios for Germany

      • Dag Martinsen, Heidi Heinrichs, Peter Markewitz, Wilhelm Kuckshinrichs
      Pages 201-220
    5. Public Acceptance

      • Diana Schumann
      Pages 221-251
  4. Framework for Energy and Climate Policy

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 253-253
    2. No CCS in Germany Despite the CCS Act?

      • Wolfgang Fischer
      Pages 255-286
    3. CCS Policy in the EU: Will It Pay Off or Do We Have to Go Back to Square One?

      • Olga Schenk, Jürgen-Friedrich Hake
      Pages 287-309
    4. International Cooperation in Support of CCS

      • Jürgen-Friedrich Hake, Olga Schenk
      Pages 311-327
  5. Conclusion

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 329-329

About this book

Carbon Capture and Storage technologies (CCS) are moving from experiment toward commercial applications at a rapid pace, driven by urgent demand for carbon mitigation strategies. This book examines the potential role of CCS from four perspectives: technology development, economic competitiveness, environmental and safety impacts, and social acceptance. IEK-STE of Forschungszentrum Juelich presents this interdisciplinary study on CCS, based on methods of Integrated Technology Assessment. Following an introductory chapter by editor Wilhelm Kuckshinrichs, Part I of the book surveys the status of carbon capture technologies, and assesses the potential for research and development of applications that are useful at scales required for meaningful mitigation. Transportation, Utilization and Environmental Aspects of CO2 receive chapter-length treatments, and the section concludes with an examination of safe geological storage of CO2 based on the example of the Ketzin pilot site, not far from Berlin. Part II covers Economic and Societal Perspectives. The first chapter discusses the use of CCS in the energy sector, analyzing costs associated with electricity generation and CO2 mitigation on the basis of technology-specific cost and process parameters, along with a merit-order illustration of the possible implications of CCS facilities for energy costs. Later chapters outline the costs of CCS application in energy- and CO2-intensive industries; analyze system characteristics of CCS infrastructures, showing that the infrastructure cost function depends on the ratio of fixed to variable costs, as well as on the spatial distribution of CO2 sources and storage facilities; interpret cross-sector carbon mitigation strategies and their impacts on the energy and CO2 balance; and discuss awareness and knowledge of CCS, attitudes towards it, and how the risks and benefits of CCS are perceived. Part III discusses the Framework for Energy and Climate Policy, with chapters on acceptance and adoption of CCS policy in Germany, and the EU, and an assessment of international cooperation in support of CCS. The final chapter summarizes the central arguments, discusses the potential role of carbon capture and utilization as part of a German transformation strategy, and extrapolates the findings to European and international contexts.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Institute of Energy and Climate Research – Systems Analysis and Technology Evaluation (IEK-STE), Jülich, Germany

    Wilhelm Kuckshinrichs, Jürgen-Friedrich Hake

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Softcover Book USD 179.99
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