Including CCS projects in the CDM: Progress and Insights

摘要

The concern of including CO2 capture and storage (CCS) in the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) is still growing. Yet, political, economic, social and procedural barriers play a role. This paper discusses relevant new results on the human capacity, procedural feasibility and economic potential of CCS in the CDM. A bottom-up estimate of the potential of natural gas processing CCS in the CDM, based on a previously proprietary database from the oil and gas industry. Despite the results and more open information, the CCS and CDM debate, progress in the negotiations on CCS in the CDM is slow and there is no clear view on a solution.