tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18727745.post8037207404413090130..comments2024-02-13T07:44:24.008+00:00Comments on The Low Carbon Kid: Carbon capture and storage is an end-of-pipe dreamDavidKThorpehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04215770376688861114noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18727745.post-12659662255039500512008-08-18T15:59:00.000+01:002008-08-18T15:59:00.000+01:00Brian also sent this link to Science News magazine...Brian also sent this link to Science News magazine which says:<BR/><BR/>"When the researchers factored in all the “cradle to grave” pollution of a CO2-burying plant, emissions of acid rain-causing gases like nitrogen oxides and sulfur oxides were up to 40 percent greater than the total cradle-to-grave emissions of a modern plant that doesn’t capture its CO2."<BR/><BR/>Read more <A HREF="http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/35181/title/Carbon_sequestration_frustration" REL="nofollow">at Carbon sequestration frustration</A>.DavidKThorpehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04215770376688861114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18727745.post-78698009631133235142008-08-18T15:49:00.000+01:002008-08-18T15:49:00.000+01:00Thanks Brian.And if there's any remaining doubt th...Thanks Brian.<BR/><BR/>And if there's any remaining doubt there was a report from the Wuppertal insitute also in Germany last month called <A HREF="http://tinyurl.com/6ynldm" REL="nofollow">CCS - No Silver Bullet for Climate Protection</A>.<BR/><BR/>Its in-depth integrated assessment analyses the overall effects of Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) in electricity and hydrogen generation and compares them to renewable energies. <BR/><BR/>The study conducts a system analysis and assessment of the whole process chain, consisting of CO2 capture, liquefaction, transport and storage.<BR/><BR/>The life-cycle assessment of CCS power plants is carried out for the first time. <BR/><BR/>The study was jointly conducted by the Wuppertal Institute, the German Aerospace Center (DLR), Zentrum für Sonnenenergie- und Wasserstoff-Forschung Baden-Württemberg (ZSW) and the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK).DavidKThorpehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04215770376688861114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18727745.post-2619454605144899632008-08-18T15:12:00.000+01:002008-08-18T15:12:00.000+01:00My own take on this is after attending a Platts co...My own take on this is after attending a Platts conference on CCS in Berlin is to be found at<BR/><BR/>http://strategyforlosers.blogspot.com/2008/04/future-for-coal-power.html<BR/><BR/>Interestingly a recent survey of German energy market experts share the sceptical view of CCS. Here's a translation<BR/><BR/>Mannheim - According to an assessment of energy market experts, Carbon Capture <BR/>and Storage technology will never achieve readiness for market or at least not before 2020.<BR/><BR/>About 39% of the participants of a survey by the Centre for European Economic Research (Zentrums für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung - ZEW) assume that this technology will never establish itself. 28% of those surveyed reckon with market maturity by 2020, 19% speak of 2025. 2030 is mentioned by 12% of the experts and only 2% expect full availability for use in the year 2015. <BR/>The survey took place as part of the 6 monthly ZEW's Energy Market Barometer <BR/>among 200 experts in the German energy market.<BR/><BR/>Translation by Brian Davey from "Umfrage: Experten zweifeln an CCS-Technik (14.08.2008)" (Survey: Experts doubt CCS Technology)<BR/><BR/>http://www.co2-handel.de/article340_9437.htmlBrian Daveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06997284240842869611noreply@blogger.com