Assessing European capacity for geological storage of carbon dioxide–the EU GeoCapacity project

AbstractThe 2007 Spring European Council called for the European Union (EU) to be at the forefront of efforts to combat climate change and endorsed ambitious targets aimed at setting the European energy system on a sustainable path. To ensure that these targets are met, the European Commission put forward a set of proposed policy instruments, the Climate and Energy Package, in January 2008. A key element of the adopted Package is the proposed Directive on the geological storage of carbon dioxide, a technology which can help tackle emissions from energy generation from fossil fuel sources which will otherwise compromise EU climate objectives. This paper lays out policy options to incentivise the deployment of carbon dioxide capture and storage (CCS) in the EU and presents the proposed Directive.

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Carbon dioxide capture, transportation and geological storage - Carbon dioxide storage using enhanced oil recovery (CO2-EOR)

10.3403/30300860 ◽

2019 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Keyword(s):

Carbon Dioxide ◽

Enhanced Oil Recovery ◽

Oil Recovery ◽

Carbon Dioxide Capture ◽

Carbon Dioxide Storage ◽

Geological Storage ◽

Co2 Eor

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Carbon dioxide capture, transportation, and geological storage � Cross Cutting Issues � CO2 stream composition

10.3403/30361477u ◽

2020 ◽

Keyword(s):

Carbon Dioxide ◽

Carbon Dioxide Capture ◽

Geological Storage

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Convergence of per capita carbon dioxide emissions in the EU: Legend or reality?

Energy Economics ◽

10.1016/j.eneco.2010.03.005 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 32 (6) ◽

pp. 1364-1373 ◽

Cited By ~ 108

Author(s):

Thomas Jobert ◽

Fatih Karanfil ◽

Anna Tykhonenko

Keyword(s):

Carbon Dioxide ◽

Carbon Dioxide Emissions ◽

Per Capita ◽

The Eu

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Perplejidad ante el almacenamiento geológico del dióxido de carbono

RVAP 118 - Revista Vasca de Administración Pública / Herri-Arduralaritzarako Euskal Aldizkaria ◽

10.47623/ivap-rvap.99.100.2014.007 ◽

2014 ◽

pp. 225-245

Author(s):

José Francisco ALENZA GARCÍA

Keyword(s):

Carbon Dioxide ◽

Technological Progress ◽

Controversial Issue ◽

Geological Storage ◽

The Public ◽

Legal Challenges ◽

The Subject

LABURPENA: Teknologiak aurrera egin ahala ingurumenean sortzen diren arriskuen kudeaketa juridikoa erronka zaila izaten da legegilearentzat. Ikusi besterik ez dago zer ahultasun dituen karbono dioxidoaren biltegiratze geologikoari buruzko abenduaren 29ko 40/2010 Legeak, arlo horretako arautegi nagusia denak. Lan honetan, ahultasun horietako batzuk lantzen dira: adibidez, gaiari buruzko berariazko lege bat egin beharra, eskumenen arazoa, instalazio igorle handiek CO2 biltegiratzeko obligaziorik ez izatea, eta Administrazio publikoei erantzukizuna transferitzearen erregulazioa. RESUMEN: Los retos juridicos de la gestion de los riesgos ambientales derivados del avance tecnologico no siempre encuentran una adecuada respuesta por el legislador. Una buena muestra de ello son las inconsistencias que presenta la regulacion del almacenamiento geologico del dioxido de carbono en nuestro pais llevada a cabo, fundamentalmente, por la Ley 40/2010, de 29 de diciembre, de almacenamiento geologico de dioxido de carbono. En este trabajo se analizan alguna de ellas como la necesidad de elaborar una ley especifica sobre la materia, la controvertida cuestion competencial, la ausencia de imposicion obligatoria del almacenamiento de CO2 a las grandes instalaciones emisoras y la regulacion de la transferencia de responsabilidad a las Administraciones publicas. ABSTRACT: The legal challenges of the enviromental risks management that derive from the technological progress do not always find a suitable answer in the legislator. A good example of it are the inconsistencies in the regulation of the geological storage of carbon dioxide in our country, specialy, by Act 40/2010 of December 29th of geological storage of carbon dioxide. In this work some of those are analyzed as for example the need to draft a specific act on the subject, the controversial issue of competences, the lack of a compulsory imposition to store CO2 to the large emitting facilities and the regulation of the transfer of liabilities to the public administrations.

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Analyzing the impact of fossil fuel import reliance on electricity prices: The case of the Iberian Electricity Market

Energy & Environment ◽

10.1177/0958305x17724047 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 28 (7) ◽

pp. 687-705 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Blanca Moreno ◽

María T García-Álvarez

Keyword(s):

Carbon Dioxide ◽

Electricity Market ◽

Fossil Fuel ◽

Carbon Dioxide Emission ◽

High Energy ◽

Electricity Production ◽

The European Union ◽

Electricity Prices ◽

The Impact ◽

The Eu

Spain and Portugal are highly dependent on energy from abroad, importing more than 70% of all the energy they consume. This high energy dependence could involve important effects on the level and stability of their electricity prices as a half the gross electricity generated in both countries came from power stations using imported combustible fuels (such as natural gas, coal and oil). In general, changes in the prices of these fossil fuels can directly affect household electricity prices, since generation costs are likely to be transmitted through to the wholesale electricity market. Moreover, in the framework of the European Union Emission Trading System, electricity production technologies tend to incorporate their costs of carbon dioxide emission allowances in sale offers with the consequent increase of the electricity prices. The objective of this paper is to analyze the influence of fossil fuel costs and prices of carbon dioxide emission allowances in the EU on the Spanish and Portuguese electricity prices. With this aim, a maximum entropy econometric approach is used. The obtained results indicate that not only the price of imported gas are very important in explaining Spanish and Portuguese electricity prices but also the price of carbon dioxide emission allowances in the EU.

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