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Scottish Carbon Capture and Storage
SCCS is the largest carbon capture & storage research grouping in the UK. We comprise in excess of 65 researchers and are unique in our connected strength across the full CCS chain, as well as in our biochar capability. [ More about SCCS ]
CENSEOR-CO2 - Centre for North Sea Enhanced Oil Recovery with CO2The launch of a new centre of North Sea expertise today could boost jobs and growth in Scotland, accelerate development of carbon capture and storage (CCS) and unlock three billion barrels of hard-to-reach oil from the North Sea - worth £190 billion. |
Quantifying and Monitoring Potential Ecosystem Impacts of Geological Carbon StorageThis unique project will investigate the dispersion of CO2 in seawater and the response of a real marine community to a small, highly controlled CO2 release. Injection started today of CO2 into a shallow marine sediment to investigate the impact and appearance of a leak. |
SCCS researchers co-author UK Energy Research Centre report: Carbon Capture and Storage realising the potential
SCCS researchers have co-authored an investigation on the feasibility of CCS, funded by the UK Energy Research Centre, UKERC. The report takes a unique view of the historical precedents for the different component parts of CCS.
CO2 Aquifer Storage Site Evaluation and Monitoring (CASSEM)
Understanding the challenges of CO2 storage:
results of the CASSEM Project
Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) is a crucial technology to enable the decarbonisation of fossil fuel electricity generation. The UK has considerable potential for geological storage of CO2 under the North Sea and extensive offshore industry experience that could be applied. While initial storage is likely to be undertaken in depleted oil and gas fields, much larger saline aquifer formations are estimated to have sufficient capacity to securely contain 100 years of current UK fossil fuel power plant CO2 emissions.
The Social Dynamics of CCS
The authors argue that the technology is undergoing a crisis and will need to find new applications and support among new social groups. If successful, this means that the technology itself will be transformed.
Markusson, N., Shackley, S. and Evar, B. (Eds) (2012) The social dynamics of carbon capture and storage: Understanding representation, governance and innovation, Routledge, London and New York.
The National Audit Office has reported on the competition, cancelled in October 2011, to design, construct and operate the UK's first commercial-scale carbon capture and storage project.
(UK National Audit Office)