Public Perception of CO2 Offshore Storage in Germany: Regional Differences and Determinants

Schumann, Diana; Duetschke, E.; Pietzner, Katja

doi:10.1016/j.egypro.2014.11.744

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“…(35)(36)(37)(38)(39)(40) In contrast, the perceived benefits of CCS such as a potential creation of new jobs increase the acceptance of CCS. (36,(40)(41)(42)(43)(44)(45) More generally, the perceived benefits of a technology predict the acceptance of a wide variety of technologies, such as gene technology, nuclear power, or nanotechnology foods. (46)(47)(48)(49) The relative importance of the perceived benefits and risks of CCS vary strongly from country to country and so does the overall public perception of CCS.…”

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“…However, a fifth of those who support CCS in general would oppose CCS in their local communities, pointing toward NIMBY-driven opposition against CCS. Finally, Schumann et al (45) compare the public perception of CCS in two German coastal regions, which are close to possible CO 2 offshore storage, with that in the rest of Germany. They find that people in the two coastal regions have more negative attitudes toward CCS and perceive the risks of CCS as higher than people elsewhere in Germany.…”

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Not in My Backyard: CCS Sites and Public Perception of CCS

Braun

2017

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Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is a technology that counteracts climate change by capturing atmospheric emissions of CO from human activities, storing them in geological formations underground. However, CCS also involves major risks and side effects, and faces strong public opposition. The whereabouts of 408 potential CCS sites in Germany were released in 2011. Using detailed survey data on the public perception of CCS, this study quantifies how living close to a potential storage site affects the acceptance of CCS. It also analyzes the influence of other regional characteristics on the acceptance of CCS. The study finds that respondents who live close to a potential CCS site have significantly lower acceptance rates than those who do not. Living in a coal-mining region also markedly decreases acceptance.

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Not in My Backyard: CCS Sites and Public Perception of CCS

Braun

2017

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“…Furthermore, some scholars have observed possible correlation between the framing and acceptance of CSS (e.g. Duan, 2010;Kraeusel and Möst, 2012;Krause et al, 2014;L'Orange Seigo et al, 2014;Schumann et al, 2014). While it has also been observed that this varies significantly on an international level according to the political and social context (Ashworth et al, 2010;Dowd et al, 2014;Pietzner et al, 2011;Terwel and Ter Mors, 2015), there is a lack of detailed analysis of the drivers and actors within media representations of CCS (for an exception to this rule, see Mander et al, 2009).…”

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“…Nevertheless, the transferability of results from international studies to the German context is limited. While in most countries CCS is also linked to energy as well as other industry sectors (such as the production of cement and steel; Barker et al, 2009;Wang et al, 2007;Xu and Cang, 2010), the German debate has focussed solely on coal (BMBF, 2007;Skrylnikow, 2010). From the beginning, CCS was seen as the saviour of the coal-mining industry and energy production through coal (Praetorius and Stechow, 2009).…”

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The takeover of science communication: how science lost its leading role in the public discourse on carbon capture and storage research in daily newspapers in Germany

Schneider

2019

Geosci. Commun.

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Abstract. CCS (carbon capture and storage) is an important issue within the context of climate-change mitigation options and has played a major role in the agendas of scientists, researchers, and engineers. While media representations of CCS in Germany from 2004 to 2014 demonstrated the significant mediatization of the topic, this cannot be ascribed to science. Instead, CCS media coverage in Germany has been dominated by other stakeholder groups. While CCS is linked to various industry sectors, such as cement and steel production, the German debate has dominantly focussed on the coal and energy branches. This study looks at the role of science and science public relations (PR) within the German public debate by analysing the media coverage of CCS in daily newspapers from 2004 to 2014. If science wishes to remain proactive within science communication, new approaches for future science PR have to be deduced to strengthen, once again, the role of science communication. Among these approaches, it is important to pursue a more differentiated understanding of target audiences and regional concerns. Science PR has to accept that science itself is no longer the only stakeholder and actor within science communication.

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“…The report revealed a high correlation between a country's ranking and the existence of an advanced hydrocarbon industry, and its dependence of fossil resources. Following long debates, onshore storage was excluded as a storage option in Germany (Hirschhausen et al, 2012b;Schumann et al, 2014), Denmark (Brøndum Nielsen, 2011), the UK and Netherlands (GCCSI, 2012). Analogous developments are conceivable for other countries, leaving offshore storage as the only remaining storage option in Europe.…”

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European Scenarios of CO2 Infrastructure Investment until 2050

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Mendelevitch²

2016

The Energy Journal

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. Scenarios assuming low CO 2 certificate prices lead to hardly any CCTS development in Europe. The iron and steel sector starts deployment as soon as the CO 2 certificate price exceeds 50 €/tCO 2 . The cement sector starts investing at a threshold of 75 €/tCO 2 , followed by the electricity sector when prices exceed 100 €/tCO 2 . Results on the degree of deployment of CCTS are found to be more sensitive to variable cost of CO 2 capture than to investment costs. Additional revenues from using the CO 2 for enhanced oil recovery (CO 2 -EOR) in the North Sea would lead to an earlier adoption of CCTS, independent of the CO 2 certificate price; this case may become especially relevant for the UK, Norway and the Netherlands. On the downside, scattered CCTS deployment increases unit cost of transport and storage infrastructure by 30% and more. Terms of use: Documents in

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Public Perception of CO2 Offshore Storage in Germany: Regional Differences and Determinants

Cited by 29 publications

References 6 publications

Not in My Backyard: CCS Sites and Public Perception of CCS

Not in My Backyard: CCS Sites and Public Perception of CCS

The takeover of science communication: how science lost its leading role in the public discourse on carbon capture and storage research in daily newspapers in Germany

European Scenarios of CO2 Infrastructure Investment until 2050

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