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HD Energy
Sussex, UK
 - Specialist recruitment services for carbon capture jobs www.hdenergy.co.uk

McKinsey report
- Carbon Capture & Storage: the economics. CCS could be viable by 2030. http://www.mckinsey.com/clientservice/ccsi/pdf/CCS_Assessing_the_Economics.pdf

Organic liquid CO2 capture agents with high gravimetric CO2 capacity
- Carbon dioxide-binding organic liquids (CO2BOLs) can hold more than twice as much CO2 as current capture agents, say scientists in North America. www.rsc.org/Publishing/Journals/EE/article.asp?doi=b809533g

PRE-COMBUSTION CARBON CAPTURE TECHNOLOGIES PILOT PLANT TRIALS ON COAL GASIFICATION
- Cooperative Research Centre for Greenhouse Gas Technologies report extra.co2crc.com.au/modules/pts2/download.php?file_id=2231&rec_id=1252

CO2 Futures Issue 18
- www.co2crc.com.au/dls/co2futures/CO2FUTURES_Issue_18.pdf

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Online information

McKinsey report
- Carbon Capture & Storage: the economics. CCS could be viable by 2030. http://www.mckinsey.com/clientservice/ccsi/pdf/CCS_Assessing_the_Economics.pdf

Organic liquid CO2 capture agents with high gravimetric CO2 capacity
- Carbon dioxide-binding organic liquids (CO2BOLs) can hold more than twice as much CO2 as current capture agents, say scientists in North America. www.rsc.org/Publishing/Journals/EE/article.asp?doi=b809533g

PRE-COMBUSTION CARBON CAPTURE TECHNOLOGIES PILOT PLANT TRIALS ON COAL GASIFICATION
- Cooperative Research Centre for Greenhouse Gas Technologies report extra.co2crc.com.au/modules/pts2/download.php?file_id=2231&rec_id=1252

CO2 Futures Issue 18
- www.co2crc.com.au/dls/co2futures/CO2FUTURES_Issue_18.pdf

NETL carbon sequestration newsletter
- August 2008 www.netl.doe.gov/technologies/carbon_seq/refshelf/news/2008/08-08.pdf

CO2CRC Futures
- July Issue 16 www.co2crc.com.au/dls/co2futures/CO2FUTURES_Issue_16.pdf

NETL carbon sequestration newsletter
- July 2008 www.netl.doe.gov/technologies/carbon_seq/refshelf/news/2008/07-08.pdf

IEA Energy Technology Perspectives 2008
- The second edition of the IEA publication responds to the G8 call on the IEA for guidance on how to achieve a clean, clever and competitive energy future. www.iea.org/Textbase/techno/etp/index.asp

Electrochemical Processing of Carbon Dioxide
- Paper on the development of processes that convert CO2 into useful products www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/118720773/abstract?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0

CCS network study led by Yorkshire Forward
- With some of the UKs largest energy and industrial companies, including Corus, Scottish and Southern Energy, Powerfuel Power Ltd , BP, ConocoPhillips, E.ON UK and Drax Power Ltd, a study produced by Amec, showing how a unique CCS network for the region could be developed. www.yorkshire-forward.com/asset_store/document/carboncapturebros8_4_14410.pdf

Six thousand feet under: Burying the carbon problem
- Policy Exchange report with some suggestion for how the UK government could push forward the CCS agenda www.policyexchange.org.uk/images/libimages/390.pdf

Capturing King Coal: Deploying Carbon Capture and Storage Systems in the U.S. at Scale
- World Resources Institute report June 2008 pdf.wri.org/capturing_king_coal.pdf

NETL Carbon Sequestration Newsletter June 2008
- www.netl.doe.gov/technologies/carbon_seq/refshelf/news/2008/06-08.pdf

Shell Energy Scenarios
- two scenarios describing the future of the energy market to 2050 www-static.shell.com/static/aboutshell/downloads/our_strategy/shell_global_scenarios/shell_energy_scenarios_2050_2008.pdf

Returns to Scale in Carbon Capture and Storage Infrastructure and Deployment
- Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs report belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/files/Bielicki_CCSReturnsToScale.pdf

CO2CRC Futures
- June 2008 Issue 15 www.co2crc.com.au/dls/co2futures/CO2FUTURES_Issue_15.pdf

An Assessment of Carbon Capture and Storage Under EC Competition Law
- HANS VEDDER, University of Groningen papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1128054

Carbon Capture and Storage: A Technology Solution for Continued Coal Use in a Carbon Constrained World
- meeting report from the coal utilization research council www.coal.org/news/CarbonCaptureandStorageATechnologySolutionforContinutedCoalUseinaCarbonConstrainedWorldCongressionalBriefing.asp

World Coal Institute report
- Coal Meeting the Climate Challenge: Technology to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions - World Coal Institute report - published Oct 31st - www.worldcoal.org/pages/content/index.asp?PageID=479

2nd International Symposium Paris
- Presentations from the two day event in Paris on 3-5 October 2007. www.co2symposium.com/IFP/en/CO2site/program_va.htm

US Congress carbon sequestration report
- The Potential for Carbon Sequestration in the United States, September 2007 report from the US Congressional Budget Office www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/86xx/doc8624/09-12-CarbonSequestration.pdf

Carbon sequestration projects in Africa
- Review of carbon sequestration projects in Africa, June 2006, by Rohit Jindal, a Ph.D. student in Environmental and Resource Economics at Michigan State University. He has conducted research projects for the World Agroforestry Center, Kenya, the University of Edinburgh, Natural Resource Institute, UK, and for NGOs in India group2pollution.blogspot.com/2007/09/carbon-sequestration-projects-in-africa.html

Pöyry Energy Consulting
- Analysis of carbon capture and storage cost supply curves for the UK - concludes CCS is viable for carbon cost of above £25 / tonne CO2. www.ilexenergy.com/pages/CCS.pdf

Gas Turbine World blog on IGCC
- Regularly updated blog with interesting insight on US political discussions about carbon capture technology, including chilled ammonia gasification-igcc.blogspot.com

Statoil on CCS
Norway
 - August 2007 issue of Statoil's in-house magazine, includes plenty of comprehensive coverage of Statoil's carbon capture and storage projects, including the well-known Sleipner, and plans for Mongstad refinery and Snovit www.statoil.com/STATOILCOM/SVG00990.nsf/Attachments/co2MagasinAugust2007/$FILE/CO2_eng.pdf

Australia House of Representatives report - August 13 2007
- Australia House of Representatives Standing Committee on Science and Innovation report on the inquiry into Geosequestration Technology entitled Between a Rock and a Hard Place. www.aph.gov.au/house/committee/scin/geosequestration/report.htm

Shell CO2 risk management presentation
- Presentation on carbon capture and storage risk management / CO2 policy by Wolfgang Heidus, Shell International Renewables, Bonn May 24 2006 regserver.unfccc.int/seors/file_storage/scjx7862sbu7lng.ppt

Statoil carbon capture and storage presentation
- By Frede Cappelen of Statoil, presented at Bonn, May 19 2006 regserver.unfccc.int/seors/file_storage/j8ifuo00lr6fmjy.ppt

DNV CCS presentation
- Presentation by Stale Selmer Olsen, DNV, May 19 2006 regserver.unfccc.int/seors/file_storage/ke5hpcdtmx2ph27.ppt

EON presentation
- Carbon capture presentation by Dr Robin Irons, Eon, May 19 2006 regserver.unfccc.int/seors/file_storage/7bpwbq6u2y2q6i1.ppt

US Department of Energy
- US Department of Energy carbon sequestration page cdiac2.esd.ornl.gov/index.html

Financing carbon capture presentations
- Powerpoints from IEA Clean Coal Centre meeting on May 31 -June 1 2007 in London on financing carbon capture www.iea-coal.org.uk/content/default.asp?PageId=1192

MIT - Future of Coal
- Report by Massachussets Institute of Technology into the future of coal - "the report states that carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) is the critical enabling technology" web.mit.edu/coal/

International Energy Agency
- Site with information about carbon capture and storage www.co2captureandstorage.info/

Sequestration.org
USA
 - Midwest Geological Sequestration Consortium www.sequestration.org/

University of Edinburgh
Scotland, UK
 - School of GeoSciences carbon capture site www.geos.ed.ac.uk/sccs/

UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
- Special Report on Carbon dioxide Capture and Storage, 2005 arch.rivm.nl/env/int/ipcc/pages_media/SRCCS-final/IPCCSpecialReportonCarbondioxideCaptureandStorage.htm

International Energy Agency Clean Coal Centre
- www.iea-coal.org.uk/site/ieacoal/home

MIT
- Carbon Capture and Sequestration Technologies sequestration.mit.edu/

Anglo Coal
- Presentation by Bill Koppe, development manager, Anglo Coal - Early CCS Deployment Opportunities for Coal (presented Bonn, May 19 2006) www.wbcsd.org/web/projects/climate/KoppeBonn190506.pdf

Wikipedia page - carbon capture
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_capture_and_storage

Centre for American Progress
- Report 'Global Warming and the Future of Coal', May 31 2007 www.americanprogress.org/issues/2007/05/coal_report.html

Stanford University Study
- An Assessment of Carbon Capture Technology and Research Opportunities - Spring 2005 0-gcep.stanford.edu.ilsprod.lib.neu.edu/pdfs/assessments/carbon_capture_assessment.pdf

Carbon capture in Hungary
- Article by energy journalist Jacob Doyle about carbon capture projects in Hungary, published in Budapest Business Journal Aug 25 2007 energysorcerer.blogspot.com/2007/08/can-coal-make-clean-comeback-in-hungary.html

Storing CO2 Underground - World Coal Institute
- World Coal Institute and IEA Greenhouse Gas R&D Programme report "storing coal underground", published August 2007 www.worldcoal.org/assets_cm/files/PDF/storingco2.pdf

Post sequestration atmosphere monitoring study - Australia
Canberra, Australia
 - Report of atmospheric monitoring at the CO2CRC Otway carbon sequestration project, Australia, submitted August 2007 www.co2crc.com.au/PUBFILES/CO2FUTURES/EXTRA/RPT07-0735.pdf

Alston and Bird carbon sequestration blog
- Extremely useful and up to date blog about new developments, initiatives and legal developments about carbon sequestration, from US law firm Alson and Bird climate.alston.com/

Pew Center white paper
- A Program to Accelerate the Deployment of CO2 Capture and Storage: Rationale, Objectives, and Cost - published by Pew Center, October 2007 www.pewclimate.org/docUploads/CCS%20Deployment_0.pdf

Government organisations

UK government carbon capture and storage competition
London
 - Information about the UK government's competition for a carbon capture and storage project, which it will subsidise. www.berr.gov.uk/energy/sources/sustainable/carbon-abatement-tech/ccs-demo/page40961.html

ACCSEPT
- The aim of the ACCSEPT project is to contribute to the timely and responsible application of CO2 capture and storage by measuring EU social acceptance; assisting with the establishment of CCS guidelines for the EU Emission Trading System; and by identifying and addressing gaps in existing socio-economic studies. www.accsept.org

ETP ZEP
- The European Commission, the European energy industry, research community and non governmental organisations have together established a European Technology Platform on Zero Emission Fossil Fuel Power Plants (ETP ZEP) to unite all key stakeholders in this field. www.zero-emissionplatform.eu

EU CCS
- Information on EU initiatives on CCS ec.europa.eu/environment/climat/ccs/work_en.htm

London Protocol
- Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter 1972 and 1996 Protocol - recently amended to allow CCS www.imo.org/home.asp?topic_id=1488

OSPAR Comission
- Organisation managing intergovernmental treaties covering protection of the marine environment of the North-East Atlantic www.ospar.org/

Companies

HD Energy
Sussex, UK
 - Specialist recruitment services for carbon capture jobs www.hdenergy.co.uk

Carbon Capture Jobs.net
UK
 - Carbon Capture Jobs.net - UK recruitment service for carbon capture www.carboncapturejobs.net

Lowcarbonjobs.com - carbon capture jobs
UK
 - Jobs in carbon capture and storage http://www.lowcarbonjobs.com/jobs/62-Carbon-Capture-and-Storage

Mitsui Heavy Industries - carbon capture technology
- Comprehensive information from Mitsubishi in Japan about its amine carbon capture process www.mhi.co.jp/mcec/product/recov_co2/

HydrogenEnergy
- Joint venture between BP and Rio Tinto to develop hydrogen-fuelled power generation using fossil fuels and carbon capture technology. www.hydrogenenergy.com

Associations

CCS Education
- new website information resource www.ccs-education.net/

Plains CO2 Reduction Partnership
- The Plains CO2 Reduction (PCOR) Partnership is a collaboration of over 60 U.S. and Canadian stakeholders that is laying the groundwork for practical and environmentally sound CO2 sequestration projects in the heartland of North America. www.undeerc.org/pcor/

Co-operative Centre for Greehouse Gas Research Technologies
Australia
 - Collaborative research organisation focused on carbon dioxide capture and storage www.co2crc.com.au/

Midwest Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnership
- One of seven US partnerships set up by the US Department of Energy to develop carbon capture and storage 198.87.0.58/

Carbon Capture Association
- www.ccsassociation.org.uk

Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum
- www.cslforum.org/

Big Sky Sequestration Partnership
Montana
 - US regional partnership promoting and developing carbon capture and storage projects, led by Montana State University www.bigskyco2.org

co2NET
- European Union project "Carbon Dioxide Knowledge Transfer Network" - plenty of information, company newsletters and conferences about carbon capture www.co2net.com

NANOGLOWA
European Union
 - European Union project to find ways of a capturing CO2 emissions from power plants with the help of nanotechnology www.nanoglowa.com

West Coast Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnership
- The West Coast Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnership (known as WESTCARB) is exploring carbon capture opportunities in Western US states. www.westcarb.org/

Scottish Centre for Carbon Storage
- The Scottish Centre for Carbon Storage is a research collaboration between Edinburgh University, Heriot-Watt University and the British Geological Survey. It has a track record in storage and monitoring geology and geo-engineering, and is building up capture expertise. www.geos.ed.ac.uk/sccs/

Projects

Weyburn-Midale CO2 project
Regina, Canada
 - The Petroleum Technology Research Centre which manages the Weyburn-Midale CO2 project, the world's largest CO2 storage project www.ptrc.ca

FutureGen
- US Department of Energy-led pollution free power plant project www.fossil.energy.gov/programs/powersystems/futuregen/

FutureGen Alliance
USA
 - US public-private partnership to design, build, and operate the world's first coal-fueled, near-zero emissions power plant, at an estimated net project cost of US $1.5 billion www.futuregenalliance.org

C02Sink
- Carbon dioxide storage project in Ketzin, West of Berlin, UK, which began February 2007 www.co2sink.org

MASDAR initiative, Abu Dhabi
- An initiative by the Abu Dhabi Government to promote advanced energy and sustainability, has launched a feasibility study for CCS for enhanced oil recovery in Abu Dhabi. www.masdaruae.com/

Santos Moomba Carbon Capture project
Australia
 - News and video - www.santos.com/Archive/NewsDetail.aspx?p=121&np=78&id=1053