Can Carbon Capture & Storage Deliver?

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Carbon capture and storage technology promises to deliver fossil energy without the CO2. Able to capture and

permanently sequester carbon emissions from power plants, oil field operations, or other concentrated sources of CO2, the

technology may be a critical tool in efforts to build a lower-carbon energy system.

With several large-scale demonstration projects now under construction or operational in the United States, Canada,

Europe, and China, we'll discuss the promise and potential of carbon capture technology, what it will take to bring down the cost of these technologies, and take a close look at some of

the large-scale demonstrations now underway.

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#EnergyChat Webinar: Moderator

Moderator: Jesse Jenkins, Featured Writer and Digital Strategy Consultant theEnergyCollective.comTwitter: @JesseJenkins

Jesse is a researcher, analyst, and writer with expertise in energy and climate change, electric power systems, energy policy, and innovation policy. He is currently a Digital Strategy Consultant and Featured Columnist at TheEnergyCollective.com. He has published peer-reviewed papers in the journals Energy Policy and WIREs: Climate Change. Jesse has been awarded fellowships from the MIT Energy Initiative Energy and the National Science Foundation. Jesse worked previously as the Director of Energy and Climate Policy at the Breakthrough Institute and as a Policy and Research Associate at the Renewable Northwest Project.

#EnergyChat Webinar: Panelists

Howard Herzog, Senior Research Engineer, MIT Energy InitiativeTwitter: @mitenergy

Tim Wiwchar, Quest Business Opportunity Manager, ShellTwitter: @TimWiwchar

John Thompson, Director, Coal Transition Project at Clean Air Task ForceTwitter: @cleanaircatf

Howard Herzog / MIT Energy Initiative

What is CCS?

Carbon dioxide (CO2) capture and storage (CCS) is a process consisting of separation of CO2 from industrial and energy-related sources, transport to a storage location, and long-term isolation from the atmosphere.  

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)

Special Report on Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage

Schematic of carbon capture and storage(from US Dept. of Energy)

Howard Herzog / MIT Energy Initiative

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Source: Adapted from “Anthropogenic Sulfur Dioxide Emissions: 1850-2005 Supplementary Material” S.J. Smith et. al

CO2 Analogous to US Power SO2 Emissions

Stages of CCS- CCUS Deployment

17These bars are not to scale. This is illustrative of the concept

Can Carbon Capture & Storage Deliver?

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