Contents
List of fi gures vi
List of tables vii
List of contributors viii
List of abbreviations and acronyms x
Acknowledgements xiii
1 The politics and policy of carbon capture and storage 1
James Meadowcroft and Oluf Langhelle
2 Technology leader, policy laggard: CCS development for
climate mitigation in the US political context 22
Jennie C. Stephens
3 CCS in Australia: from political posturing to policy potential 50
Darren Sinclair and Neil Gunningham
4 CCS in Canada 75
Mark Jaccard and Jacqueline Sharp
5 Technology as political glue: CCS in Norway 98
Andreas Tjernshaugen and Oluf Langhelle
6 Electricity gap versus climate change: electricity politics and
the potential role of CCS in Germany 125
Barbara Praetorius and Christoph von Stechow
7 CCS in the UK: squaring coal use with climate change? 158
Ivan Scrase and Jim Watson
8 CCS in the Netherlands: glass half empty or half full? 186
Philip J. Vergragt
9 CCS and the European Union: magic bullet or pure magic? 211
Dag Harald Claes and Paal Frisvold
10 CCS in comparative perspective 236
Oluf Langhelle and James Meadowcroft
11 The politics and policy of CCS: the uncertain road ahead 267
James Meadowcroft and Oluf Langhelle
Index 297
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Figures
4.1 Western sedimentary basin: CO2 sources and potential
geological storage 78
4.2 Possible carbon capture and storage in oil sands facilities 79
4.3 Comparative economic growth, 1990–2006 81
4.4 Canadian targets, policies and emissions 82
4.5 Sources of GHG reduction by 2050 88
6.1 CO2 emissions trajectory in Germany, 1990–2006 131
6.2 Electricity generation mix with CCS technologies at stepwise
increase of CO2 price up to 50