Publications

Guidelines public support for CCS Bellona
Authors: Dulce Boavida, Veronica Webster, Eivind Hoff
Format: Report, 10 pages, 0.25 MB PDF file
Publishing date: 8 January 2010
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Amines Used in CO₂ Capture – Health and Environmental Impacts
Authors: Renjie Shao and Aage Stangeland
Format: Report, 49 pages, 1.8 MB PDF file
Publishing date: 15 September 2009
Short resume: Recommendations for how amines can be used for CO2 capture with minimal risk for environmental impacts. Read more.
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Implementation of New Entrant Reserve Funding
Authors: Bellona together with an industry/NGO group
Format: Report, 36 pages, 2 MB PDF file
Publishing date: 30 April 2009
Short resume: Recommendations for how the European
Commission can perform its comitology process for financing CCS demonstration projects
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Paying for a Decent Burial - Funding Options for an EU Program for Full-scale Demonstration of CO₂ Capture and Storage
Author: Eivind Hoff
Format: Report, 28 pages, 2 MB PDF file
Publishing date: 11 November 2008
Short resume: The EU is planning to build 10-12 demonstration projects for CCS. This report analyzes different funding options for the demonstration projects. Read more.
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How to Combat Global Warming
Author: Aage Stangeland et al
Format: Report, 135 pages, 4 MB PDF file; Executive summary, 16 pages, 1 MB PDF file
Publishing date: June 2008
Short resume: The report documents that there are technologies and strategies available to reduce global GHG emissions by 85 percent by 2050. Download executive summary as PDF
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Carbon Dioxide Storage: Geological Security and Environmental Issues - Case Study on the Sleipner Gas Field in Norway
Author: Semere Solomon
Format: Report, 128 pages, 4.2 MB PDF file
Publishing date: May 2007
Short resume: Technical report that documents how CO2 storage is performed. Good documentation of the prerequisites for ensuring safe CO2 storage.
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CO₂ for Enhanced Oil Recovery on the Norwegian Shelf
Author: Viktor E. Jakobsen, Frederic Hauge, Marius Holm, Beate Kristiansen
Format: Report, 108 pages, 5.2 MB PDF file
Publishing date: August 2005
Short resume: Business model for a Norwegian CO2 value chain.
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A model for the CO₂ capture potential
Author: Aage Stangeland
Format: Scientific paper, 1.3 MB PDF file
Published in the International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, Volume 1, October 2007, pages 418-429
Short resume: This paper is widely cited for its documentation of the CCS potential. If CCS is widely deployed the global CO2 emissions can be reduced by 33 percent by 2050 compared to emissions today. Read more.
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Energy infrastructure with CO₂ capture and storage (CCS)
Author: Aage Stangeland & Birgitte Laird
Format:  Paper, 23 pages, PDF file
Publishing date: 31 January 2009
Short resume: Study of how electricity prices will be influenced by short or long distances for CO₂ transport
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Bellona Position Paper on CCS and Emission Performance Standard (EPS)
Author: Aage Stangeland
Format: Short paper, 4, PDF file
Publishing date: 1 December 2008
Short resume: If the EU ETS quota price remains low, the ETS is not sufficient to ensure widespread CCS deployment. Bellona therefore suggested to introduce an emission ceiling of 150 g/kWh for new power plants built after 2010 and for existing plants from 2020.
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Why CO₂ Capture and Storage (CCS) is an Important Strategy to Reduce Global CO2 Emissions
Author: Aage Stangeland
Format: Paper, 8 pages, PDF file
Publishing date: 1 June 2007
Short resume: The paper gives rationale for why CCS is an important strategy to combat global warming.
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Scenarios for Global CO₂ Emissions
Author: Aage Stangeland
Format: Paper, 8 pages, PDF file
Publishing date: May 29, 2007
Short resume: Future global CO₂ emissions depends on policies, and therefore scenarios for CO₂ emissions show large variations depending on what assumptions are used. This article indicates that stronger incentives than accounted for by the IEA are required to achieve the IPCC target.
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A Proposal of Regulatory Framework for Carbon Dioxide Storage in Geological Formations
Author: Semere Solomon, Beate Kristiansen, Aage Stangeland, Tore A. Torp, Olav Kårstad
Format: Paper, 10 pages, PDF file
Publishing date: January, 2007
Short resume: The success of CCS as a greenhouse gas mitigation strategy depends on the regulatory framework established to govern its deployment.
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How to close the gap between global energy demand and renewable energy production
Author: Aage Stangeland, Beate Kristiansen, Arild Solli
Format: Paper, 6 pages, PDF file
Publishing date: March, 2006
Short resume: Energy demand scenarios show that there will be a gap between total global energy demand and renewable energy production over the next decades. Therefore, a short-term strategy must be implemented to minimize GHG emissions from existing energy production.
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