Carbon storage might not be so permanent
Okay, as far as the concept of carbon capture and storage goes, the idea — technologically — is intriguing. What many readers of this blog don’t like is how the industry talks about this technology...
View ArticleCCS worth pursuing, but not to the exclusion of surer bets
My Clean Break column today takes a shot at the Canadian government for repeatedly touting carbon capture and sequestration as a panacea for the oil sands, while at the same time refusing to recognize...
View ArticleHow to monitor leaks from underground carbon storage? Use bees, of course
I came across this press release from the U.S. National Energy Technology Laboratory that talks about a “novel” way to monitor whether carbon dioxide is leaking from underground storage sites used for...
View ArticleCCS, the cost, the risk, and the law of unintended consequences
When the Alberta government announced last week that it would be handing over $745 million to Shell Canada so it could move ahead with its Quest commercial-scale CCS project, and when the federal...
View ArticleWow! Clean coal, CCS shunned in Copenhagen
Apparently the short list of clean energy technologies being considered for the climate development mechanism excludes carbon capture and sequestration, aka “clean coal” projects. The clean development...
View ArticleIs Weyburn site used for enhanced oil recovery leaking stored CO2?
There’s an interesting story bubbling up in Saskatchewan, literally. A farmer that owns land above the Weyburn oilfield in Saskatchewan is claiming that the CO2 that’s being pumped into the field to...
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