Societal acceptance of carbon capture and storage technologies

Alphen, Klaas van; Voorst, Quirine van Voorst tot; Hekkert, Marko P.; Smits, Ruud

doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2007.03.006

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“…CCS presents one potential solution amongst a suite of possible solutions [21,49,50]. Early research into public perceptions of CCS [40,41,51] note that when CCS is presented as a standalone technology to address climate change acceptance is unlikely.…”

Section: Public Acceptance and Opposition To Fossil Fuel With Ccsmentioning

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Social Science Insights for the BioCCS Industry

2015

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BioCCS is a technology gaining support as a possible emissions reduction policy option to address climate change. The process entails the capture, transport and storage of carbon dioxide produced during energy production from biomass. Globally, the most optimistic energy efficiency scenarios cannot avoid an average temperature increase of +2 °C without bioCCS. Although very much at the commencement stage, bioCCS demonstration projects can provide opportunity to garner knowledge, achieve consensus and build support around the technology's properties. Yet many challenges face the bioCCS industry, including no guarantee biomass will always be from sustainable sources or potentially result in carbon stock losses. The operating environment also has no or limited policies, regulations and legal frameworks, and risk and safety concerns abound. Some state the key problem for bioCCS is cultural, lacking in a 'community of support', awareness and credibility amongst its own key stakeholders and the wider public. Therefore, the industry can benefit from the growing social science literature, drawing upon other energy and resource based industries with regard to social choice for future energy options. To this end, the following scoping review was conducted in order to ascertain gaps in existing public perception and acceptance research focusing on bioCCS.

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Section: Public Acceptance and Opposition To Fossil Fuel With Ccsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Social Science Insights for the BioCCS Industry

2015

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“…The large majority of acceptance research considers just one orat best -a few similar technologies (e.g., a set of renewable technologies) but does not take the whole range of relevant power technologies into account. Several studies examined the public perception and acceptance of nuclear energy [9,10], the capture and storage (CCS) technology a [11][12][13], wind energy [6,14] and photovoltaics (PV) [15] or a set of renewable energies [16,17]. Acceptance research for fossil fuels such as coal or natural gas plants, however, is rare.…”

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Public evaluation of electricity technologies and future low-carbon portfolios in Germany and the USA

Scheer¹,

Konrad

Scheel³

2013

Energ Sustain Soc

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Background: This paper aims to create insights into people's technology preferences in striving to achieve a low-carbon electricity generation system. The investigation seeks to analyze informed rather than mere opinion-based public preferences towards electricity technologies and portfolios against the background of climate mitigation options. In order to compare Germany with its strong renewable energy focus with a more fossil fuel-and nuclear-oriented country, the study presented replicates a research carried out in the USA in order to deliver data enabling such comparison. A special focus is on assessing attitudes and opinions towards carbon capture and storage as a low-carbon technology option.

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“…In 2005, a special report on the CCS technology was published by IPCC, this report not only is an extremely valuable and detailed reference document [26] but also is regarded as the most important milestones for CCS technology [27]. Furthermore, both the CoP 11 in Montreal and the first National Conference on CCS technology in The Netherlands were also held in 2005, the projects and plants for CCS implementation became more concrete during the period of time between 2005 and 2006 [28]. These facts/events may contribute to the rapid growth of patent applications of CCS technology after 2006.…”

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An Assessment of Technological Innovation Capabilities of Carbon Capture and Storage Technology Based on Patent Analysis: A Comparative Study between China and the United States

Hong-hua

Yang

2018

Sustainability

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Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) technology is an effective technical means for addressing climate change. The patent documents related to CCS technology filed in China and the United States (U.S.) were searched from INNOGRAPHY, a business database of intellectual property and the technological innovation capabilities of CCS technology were investigated from the perspectives of the lifespan of a patent, the number of claims, the number of forward citations, patent strength and competitive position based on a comparative study between China and the U.S. The results showed that the U.S. has an obvious advantage over the technological innovation capabilities compared to China in the field of CCS technology. The global total number of granted patents in the field of CCS technology was 2325 by the end of 2015, there were 703 and 468 granted patents in U.S. and China respectively. CCS technology in the U.S. has arrived at the stage of growth, or even maturity but is still at the research and development stage in China. Although the number of patents for Chinese CCS technologies is very close to that of the U.S. and is ranked second, China should be focused on enhancing its technological capabilities and patent quality. The policy implications of these research findings and the research limitations are also noted.

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Societal acceptance of carbon capture and storage technologies

Cited by 132 publications

References 21 publications

Social Science Insights for the BioCCS Industry

Social Science Insights for the BioCCS Industry

Public evaluation of electricity technologies and future low-carbon portfolios in Germany and the USA

An Assessment of Technological Innovation Capabilities of Carbon Capture and Storage Technology Based on Patent Analysis: A Comparative Study between China and the United States

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