The document summarizes a meeting of the UK CCS Consortium focused on discussing impacts and pathways to impact from CCS research. The meeting involved dividing into groups to discuss areas where the UK excels and could improve in CCS, vote on key impact areas, and examine impact timelines and sectors for specific CCS projects. Analysis of the results showed a focus on academic outputs but also votes indicating commercialization and policy impacts are important but potentially not being achieved as well. The meeting aimed to help researchers better understand and evaluate impacts from their work.
Royal Academy Engineering, London 4 Nov 2009
On 4 November the UK CCS Community network hosted a meetingWhat will it take to avoid dangerous anthropogenic interference in the climate system? And will they be talking about it in Copenhagen?
Presentation given by Dr Hannah Chalmers from University of Edinburgh giving an update on UKCCSRC Call 1 Project "Flexible CCS Network Development (FleCCSnet)" in at the UKCCSRC Biannual Meeting - CCS in the Bigger Picture - held in Cambridge on 2-3 April 2014
Gas Turbines at PACT Research and Development on Gas Turbines and CCS - talk by Karen Finney, University of Leeds, at the opening of the UKCCSRC PACT Beighton facility
Life Cycle Assessment of alternative fossil fuel based power generation value chains - Presentation by Dr Anna Korre (Imperial College London) at the UKCCSRC Cardiff Biannual Meeting 10-11 September 2014 as part of the Emissions Through the CCS Life Cycle Technical parallel session
(1) Several carbon capture technologies were discussed including post-combustion, pre-combustion, and oxy-fuel capture.
(2) Current state-of-the-art carbon capture technologies impose significant efficiency penalties on power plants, ranging from 7-12% points.
(3) There is an urgent need to reduce these efficiency penalties to accelerate full-scale deployment of carbon capture and meet climate change targets. Barriers including cost, technical challenges, and public acceptance must be addressed.
Presentation given by Dr Niall Mac Dowell from Imperial College London on "Optimisation of post-combustion CCS for flexible operation" in the Process Engineering Technical Session at the UKCCSRC Biannual Meeting - CCS in the Bigger Picture - held in Cambridge on 2-3 April 2014
1. Scientists monitored soil gas at the Weyburn CO2-EOR storage site in Canada from 2001-2011 to assess allegations of leakage from the storage reservoir to the surface.
2. Soil gas samples collected in 2011 from the site of the alleged leakage and background locations had CO2 concentrations and isotopic signatures consistent with a shallow biogenic origin for the gas, not leakage from deep storage.
3. Continuous monitoring and soil gas analyses found no evidence to support the claims of leakage, providing reassurance to regulators and the public about the integrity of the storage reservoir.
Presentation given by Dr Maria Chiara Ferrari from University of Edinburgh on "Capturing CO2 from air: Research at the University of Edinburgh" at the UKCCSRC Direct Air Capture/Negative Emissions Workshop held in London on 18 March 2014
Presentation given by Dr Niall Mac Dowell from Imperial College titled "Power generation in the UK: Carbon Source or Carbon Sink?" at the UKCCSRC Direct Air Capture/Negative Emissions Workshop held in London on 18 March 2014
Karl Letten, Paul Brockway, and Dr. Richard Bull from De Montfort University and Arup presented on moving beyond scope 1 and 2 emissions to address scope 3 emissions. They discussed the importance of measuring procurement emissions, DMU's experience using a tool called PROCO2 to measure procurement emissions, and next steps in engaging stakeholders and measuring other scope 3 categories. Staff engagement provided feedback on improving the PROCO2 tool and highlighted barriers to addressing scope 3 emissions.
The document discusses moving beyond scope 1 and 2 carbon emissions to address scope 3 emissions from procurement and supply chains. It provides examples of measuring procurement emissions at De Montfort University. Presenters discuss the importance of scope 3 emissions, policy drivers to address them, and challenges of engaging stakeholders and collecting data from outside the estates office. Next steps include determining data needs, communication strategies, and overcoming barriers to addressing scope 3 emissions organizationally.
The document provides an overview of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) and its Expert Group on Clean Fossil Energy (EGCFE). APEC includes 21 member economies representing about half of global GDP and greenhouse gas emissions. The EGCFE leads a carbon capture and storage program within APEC, including studies assessing CCS potential in the region and workshops to build awareness and capacity. The program has developed training modules covering CCS technical and policy topics to increase members' ability to evaluate and implement CCS projects.
Better by Design workshop, Wilton Centre, 26th Nov 2013BenPeace
Sustainable Business and Chemical Engineering.
Run by C-Tech Innovation, in collaboration with Chemistry Innovation and Environmental Sustainability Knowledge Transfer Networks, and the IChemE.
The document proposes the development of piezoresistive transistors using layered dichalcogenide materials to overcome limitations in silicon-based devices. It outlines a 3-phase technical approach to optimize materials, demonstrate a large-scale functional prototype, and develop a full-scale prototype. A project timeline, budget, and potential economic and social impacts are also presented.
SYSTEM OF PUBLIC PERCEPTION OF CARBON DIOXIDE SEQUESTRATION PROJECTSIAEME Publication
Global warming and climate change problems have led to the consolidation of international efforts to reduce atmospheric carbon dioxide. The technology of carbon capture and storage is the key link in the strategy aimed at cutting carbon dioxide emissions. The article gives a view of positive and negative aspects of the introduction of the carbon dioxide sequestration technology. The authors have determined the impact of the project’s public perception on the efficiency of its execution. The authors have revealed factors, which influence the way the public perceives carbon dioxide sequestration projects; a model has been developed to form public perception of carbon capture and storage projects and recommendations on how to form the positive attitude of stakeholders to these projects
Webinar: An overview and explanation of the creation of the communication res...Global CCS Institute
'What happens when CO2 is stored underground' is a very useful guide for those at the frontline, communicating and educating the public about CO2 and carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology.
The booklet provides simple answers to some of the most frequently asked questions around CCS, all grounded in the experience, and extensive research results, of the IEAGHG Weyburn-Midale CO2 Monitoring and Storage program – an internationally significant research program that operated in Saskatchewan, Canada from 2000-2012.
This webinar provided opportunity to join lead author, Norm Sacuta from the Petroleum Technology Research Centre (PTRC) and Kirsty Anderson from the Global CCS Institute, as they gave an overview of the resource, and discuss the findings from a review process that involved community stakeholder focus groups and a communication expert review panel.
The webinar was designed to be an interactive medium and questions from the audience were actively encouraged.
How do we define an Engineer? What aspects of the profession makes becoming an engineer attractive? How does the perception of the Engineering profession differ within the participating countries and among different actors (students, companies, professional associations, parents, media, etc.)
This document summarizes the career of Colin Snape in carbon capture and cleaner fossil energy technologies. It discusses how Snape grew up in the Durham coalfields in the 1960s and got his first job in coal research. It describes his career path from the Coal Research Establishment to the universities of Strathclyde and Nottingham, where he established major research groupings in fuels science and carbon abatement technologies. It highlights his leadership of the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Carbon Capture and Cleaner Fossil Energy, which trains highly skilled personnel for implementing these technologies. The document reflects on Snape's diverse research contributions over 40 years and his motivation to develop solutions for cleaner fossil energy and global deployment of carbon
APEC Overview - Dr Robert Wright, CCUS Workshop for CO2 StorageGlobal CCS Institute
An Introduction and Overview on APEC by Dr. Robert Wright, APEC & US DOE. Presented at the 2015 CCUS Workshop for CO2 Storage on January 22 at the University of Sonora, Hermosillo
Buildings account for around 40% of global CO2 emissions and use 70-80% of all electricity. To meet climate targets, building energy use must decrease 77% by 2050. The EEB coalition was formed to transform the building sector to consume zero net energy through improved design, construction, and use. Initial reports found low awareness of buildings' environmental impacts and a fragmented industry without clear leadership on energy efficiency. The EEB produced recommendations and roadmaps to guide policy and the market toward more sustainable buildings. Key results showed buildings have great potential to reduce emissions but will require involvement from all actors and investment, as the costs of inaction will be greater. The EEB Manifesto calls on members to set goals and report progress
Unified online dashboards to preserve business ipAndrew Zolnai
Unified online dashboards can be used to preserve business intellectual property by treating data as a valuable asset. Data can be aggregated and shared across departments in a meaningful way to help the bottom line. Standards and procedures help make data more useful and the organization's assets more meaningful when viewed in a broader context. The information supply chain can be optimized through collaboration between operators and service companies.
Paris ICT & Sufficiency Intervention June 2022.pdfAdrian Friday
Talk to Digital Society Master's class June 10 Université Paris-Cité under their theme of "Towards digital sustainability: slow-tech and digital sufficiency". Fascinating course convened by Pierre NORO, Blockchain for Public Good lecturer.
Postgraduate Practice Report (Final) at 29 April 2014Keith Colville
This document is a postgraduate practice report submitted by Keith Colville that examines whether Perth & Kinross Council has positioned itself to reduce energy consumption and achieve Scotland's carbon reduction targets. The report finds that the council is not on track to meet the targets based on its current energy consumption. It concludes that large capital expenditures are not appropriate, and that low-cost measures involving staff cooperation, building insulation, lighting projects, and improved building management may be more effective. The conceptual framework is based on the concepts of single and double loop learning, with the possibility of goals and strategies being modified based on monitoring, reporting, and interpretation of results and legislation.
Please click on the image to open the Carbon Ranking Report which accompanies the Rankings. The report offers an analysis of the state of emissions reporting across the largest 300 companies in Europe.
The Basque Case Study Harvard febrero 2012.pdfIrekia - EJGV
The document summarizes the Basque Case Study presented at Harvard University in 2012. It outlines the Basque government's strategy to first resist the economic crisis, then compete globally, and lead in key industries. The strategy focused on internationalization, innovation, entrepreneurship, and developing priority clusters. It led to increased exports, tourism, R&D spending, and GDP per capita growing faster than Spain as a whole. The Basque government collaborated with private industry to stimulate strategic projects pushing economic diversification, sophistication, and smart specialization.
The document summarizes the methodology used by the Environmental Investment Organisation (EIO) to rank 800 large global companies based on their carbon emissions. The ranking methodology categorizes companies based on the public availability and verification of their emissions data, then ranks them based on their total scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions intensity. Companies with no public data are benchmarked against the highest industry intensity. The ranking is intended to encourage transparency and incentive emissions reductions. Overall, 55% of companies reported incomplete data, and only 21% had complete, public, and verified data for all scopes.
This document is a thesis submitted by J. Andrew Alcorn to Victoria University of Wellington for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Architecture in 2010. The thesis aims to answer the question of how to build a sustainable house in New Zealand. It does this in three parts: 1) defining sustainability and establishing limits; 2) describing embodied energy and CO2 analysis methodologies; 3) applying these to a series of house designs. The thesis finds that a sustainable house is possible through strategies like solar/wind power, bio-based materials like strawbale and timber, and efficient appliances and materials.
Webinar Series: Public engagement, education and outreach for CCS. Part 3: Ca...Global CCS Institute
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Ucl outputs - April 2012 Biannual Meeting, UCL
1. UK CCS C Bi-annual
AIM:
Connectivity between UK academics working on or
with CCS
Interaction with “Industry” and “Stakeholders” on CCS
THIS MEETING (Today): THIS MEETING (Tomorrow):
Plenary Plenary and results
Groups : Impact Industry statements
Report back Small groups: Impact future
Tea Tea
Small groups Synthesis report back 2 days
Report back EPSRC & DECC statements
Bar
“Free” Lunch
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Development
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4. What is an “Impact”
You (University), or
You (Industry , business, Stakeholder)
• Get paid
• Have to produce something
• To a timescale
• To standards of quality
• Is used /useable / useful
• Enhanced society / culture / Quality of life
How are outputs
used , measured, understood ?
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5. Aim
• Updated UK research Map
• Investigation of the perception of Impact
• Helping you understand your impacts
Case studies in the evaluation of impacts
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6. What Research Councils “think”
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7. How to work with this ?
• Divide up the problem
1)Think about what we do NOW ….
Tea Break
2) Work on some of YOUR specific examples
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8. Talk to the people around you ….
• On your left, right, front, rear
• One A3 handout between 2 (cheap !)
• Pick 5 areas UK does WELL
• Pick 5 areas the UK has MISSED (and should fix)
• TOP 5 of all areas – doing / should do/ could do
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10. Results
Each box on the RCUK map of Impacts was given a keyword.
The number of “votes” for each keyword was recorded, and that table of data from all the
groups in the whole meeting was displayed as a Word Cloud. That shows the centrality
and size of the keyword visually, depending on the number of votes cast
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11. Key to Keywords used, relating to RCUK
diagram
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12. Output 1: votes for “Does well”
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13. Output 2: votes for “Essential”
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14. Output 3: votes for “Top 5”
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15. Organisational-Effectiveness Sustainability
Knowledge
Training
Policy-making
Academics Teaching Investment
Health
Society
Innovation
Engagement
Wealth
Commercialisation
Research
Disciplines
Quality-of-life
Organisations
16. Analysis
There was , not surprisingly, a strong vote for academic outputs having a strong impact
As one would expect, each group listed “commercialisation” as an essential impact which
the UK should deliver. Creating “wealth” and public “engagement” were also felt to be
important impacts which the UK should be delivering.
And, perhaps most intriguing, was the vote that “Policy” and “Commercialisation” were not
being achieved very well.
It is, of course, arguable if this academic-dominated focus group is representative or
qualified enough to have a full suite of perspectives on those two impacts.
But the concern is clear …….
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18. What to do ? …. Form groups
• It’s a bit much to expect engineers to think
about storage
(Although I’m sure that the converse is simple)
SO ………
• Move into thematic groups, focused around
expertise and problems on / with / in CCS
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19. Themes
1) Capture (all flavours)
2) Transport (on shore, offshore, shipping)
3) Environment (land and sea and factories)
4) Storage
5) Systems
6) Social + policy + economics + legal
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20. What to do 2 : after Tea
• Pick 2 projects (maybe 3) to work on as
EXAMPLES – something that one/more are
working on NOW
• Work out YOUR impacts across the WHOLE
table, some fields may be blank
* Methods to define and recognise
* How did you identify the impact
• Work out HOW you can deliver the Impact
• Does the project have impact in other CCS areas
• Timescale of (various) impacts
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23. Learning: Things to DO in future when
displaying Impacts and plotting sectors
1) Display time as linear with probability function of impact along it
2) Display impact as triangle or polygon, centered on the mode, or better as a spider
diagram centred on mode.
Probable that most impacts are much longer term than the inventors believe or know at
this time.
Need now to look at FUTURE where do you want to be, and back-cast to present, to invest
in technologies which will help get from now to future
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