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GHGT-15 welcomes attendees worldwide to virtual CCUS conference

After over 24 months of planning, the GHGT-15 conference began on 15 March. The conference has developed over the past 20 years to become the preeminent greenhouse gas mitigation conference. For the first time, it was to be hosted in the Middle East, with Khalifa University of Abu Dhabi our esteemed hosts. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the conferen...
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US DOE Workshop on Modelling Carbon Capture Technology in the Industrial Sector

The US DOE held its annual workshop on modelling carbon capture as two 2-hour sessions on consecutive days, 17-18 February 2021. This year, the focus was on modelling carbon capture in the industrial sector and, due to the pandemic, the workshop was held as a virtual event. The event was organised by Jae Edmunds (PNNL) and Danielle Koren (DOE), and...
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IETA LIVE Series – ‘Grounded in Reality: Climate Markets to Scale Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage (CCUS)’

This webinar, held on the 18th February 2021, was co-hosted by IETA, the International CCS Knowledge Centre and Latham & Watkins, LLP and welcomed a panel of international experts to discuss the renewed global interest in CCUS in recent years. 'CCUS costs have been declining, new business models that can improve the financial viability have eme...
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Heartland US CCUS Forum

On the 28th January 2021, the Kansas Geological Survey and the Regional Carbon Capture Deployment Initiative (along with the Great Plains Institute) held the fourth Heartland US CCUS Forum (previously called the annual CCUS in Kansas Conference), an open-forum event series to discuss ideas and issues related to the regional CCUS industry. The forum...
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The UK’s independent adviser on tackling climate change – webinar on Financing Net Zero

As the pace towards achieving a Net Zero target by 2050 picks up so does the interest in how this ambitious goal might be financed. A recent webinar, presented by the UK's Climate Change Committee, provided an insight from the finance sector on how this might be achieved. This organisation is an independent, statutory body established under the UK'...
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Book your place! GHGT-15 Virtual Conference Registration Now Open

The GHGT series is the premier international technical conference on Carbon Capture and Storage and is hosted virtually between 15th-18th March 2021. Booking is now open! This exciting conference includes: 4 days of technical programme: Check out the the Overview »7 parallel streams71 sessions3 keynote presentations1. Mechthild Worsdorfer, IEA2. Je...
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Debate highlights challenges in promoting the positive nature of CCS to the general public

Following on from the recent blog about acceptance of CCUS in Japan, it was the UK's turn to discuss the public's attitude to carbon capture and storage at the CCSA's annual CCUS 2020 conference. Presented using the event app Whova, like all conferences in these post COVID times the event was hosted virtually – but the slick presentation via s...
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IEA Gender Initiative - energy sector diversity and inclusion

This virtual dialogue by the IEA was held on the 2nd December 2020 as a timely discussion given the current worldwide action to bounce back from the economic effects of the Covid-19 pandemic. The IEA made the first efforts to "put clean energy transitions at the heart of sustainable and inclusive recoveries, and that means empowering women in an ef...
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CCUS Virtual Course for Asia-Oceania Region

From the 9th to the 20th November 2020, IEAGHG co-hosted a virtual course on Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage (CCUS) with the faculty of Mining and Petroleum Engineering at Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB), in Indonesia. This two week online course was the first in a series of learning events held by ITB at the end of 2020 to continue facili...
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Public acceptance of CCUS technologies facing challenging crossroads

At a time where CCUS has been high on the UK news agenda following the Government's publication of its green ten point plan, it's largely unclear what the UK public's understanding and acceptance of the technology is. But it's widely accepted that CCUS will be necessary to meet the UK's climate goals. The IEA noted back in September 2020 that ...
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GHGT-15 Conference will now take place as a full Virtual Conference 15-18 March 2021

 Following consultation with our hosts, Khalifa University and various stakeholders, we are excited to announce the move from a physical, in-person event in Abu Dhabi to a fully virtual online conference. The conference dates will remain the same: It will be held from 15-18th March 2021, and will be scheduled according to the Abu Dhabi time zo...
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US DOE NETL Carbon Capture Project Review Meeting

The US DOE's National Energy Technology Laboratory held its annual 3-day "Carbon Capture Review Meeting" from 5 to 7 October 2020. The aim of US DOE/NETL's Carbon Capture Program is to develop the next generation of advanced CO2 capture concepts. The meeting offers an opportunity for participants to share progress made and to discuss with peers man...
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Japan-Asia CCUS Forum 2020

A spotlight on the significance of CCUS development in the Asia-Pacific region was summarised in a virtual webinar hosted by Japan CCS Co Ltd & Global CCS Institute (GCCSI).The event, run on 6th October 2020, was co-hosted by Japan's New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO).Support was also received from the Japanese...
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Key Financing Principles for CCUS – launch event by CEM CCUS Initiative

The 11th Clean Energy Ministerial is being hosted by Saudi Arabia at the moment, all virtual events as you would expect. On the 15 September a Side-event was organised by the CEM CCUS Initiative to launch the ten Key Financing Principles for CCUS. These principles were developed by a CEM CCUS group made up of banks and finance sector organisations ...
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News from US DOE-NETL’s 2020 Carbon Storage Project Review Meeting (Virtual)

Due to COVID-19 precautions, the US Department of Energy (DOE) National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) Carbon Storage Project Review Meeting was held as a virtual event over 8-11 September, instead of at its usual location in Pittsburgh. These events provided very informative updates on the DOE NETL funded CO2 storage R,D&D projects. Regio...
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US DOE-NETL’s 2020 Integrated Project Review Meeting (Virtual)

Due to COVID-19 precautions, the US Department of Energy (DOE) National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) CCUS Integrated Projects Review meeting was held as a virtual event over 17-19 August, instead of at its usual location in Pittsburgh. These events provide very informative updates on the DOE NETL funded CCUS projects. The online attendance w...
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Summary of the IEA Clean Energy Transitions Summit

On the 9th July the IEA held a high-level Ministerial meeting to discuss accelerating the transition to clean energy in the context of COVID-19. This is a summary by IEAGHG staff. Opening plenary To avoid the sharp rebound in emissions that followed the 2009 global financial crisis, the IEA very quickly called for a sustainable economic recovery wi...
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CCUS in the Asia Clean Energy Forum 2020

There were two specific events on CCUS in the Asia Development Bank's ACEF week, both with a focus on CCUS in developing countries in Asia. The first was a Side Event on Financing CCUS on the 18th June. The second was a "Deep Dive Workshop" on Enabling CCUS Implementation in Asia, on the 19th June. The Financing event was organised by the Clean Ene...
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GoMCarb Annual Meeting 2020

The Gulf of Mexico Partnership for Offshore Carbon Storage (GoMCarb) is a US DOE-funded partnership project to assess offshore storage of CO2 in the Gulf of Mexico region, with a concurrent partnership led by SECARB. The GoMCarb partnership is led by the Bureau of Economic Geology at the University of Texas, and brings together data and expertise i...
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IEAGHG presents perspective on CCUS at the USDOE Workshop on Representing CCUS in Energy Models

Last week I attended the USDOE Workshop on Representing CCUS at College Park, Maryland, 9 – 11 March 2020. Organised by the US Department of Energy, this was the third workshop bringing energy modellers together with policymakers and economists, plus technology experts covering capture, utilisation and storage. Workshops are held eve...
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