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Publications

The IEA Greenhouse Gas R&D Programme (IEA GHG) provides publicly available information through a number of channels on work related to its activities. These dissemination activities include a regular bimonthly newsletter and topical summary reports.

Greenhouse Issues

The Greenhouse Issues newsletter is produced quarterly by IEA GHG (March, June, September and December). The newsletter has a circulation of 6500 copies in 110 countries. The newsletter aims to provide general information on new developments in the field of greenhouse gas abatement and mitigation. It also provides details of IEA GHG’s activities and incorporates news from its member countries and disseminates them to a global audience.

The latest issue of Greenhouse Issues can be found here together with an archive of key articles from the last two years.

If you do not currently receive a paper copy of Greenhouse Issues but would like to do so, please contact us (mail@ieaghg.org). The newsletter is free and all we will need are your contact details and postal address to put you on our mailing list. Alternatively you can of course just read the latest issue on the web site. Please let us have your email address and we will send you an e-mail to let you know when the latest edition has been posted on the website.

Greenhouse Issues is aimed to be a topical newsletter for anybody working within the field of greenhouse gas mitigation. If you are interested in providing an article for inclusion in the newsletter please contact us with details (mail@ieaghg.org).

Annual Report

The IEA GHG Annual Report for 2005 is still available. The report covers the year from 1st December 2005 to 30th November 2006.

Phase Summary Reports

The Phase 4 Summary Report was published at the start of 2006. The report provides a summary of the IEA GHG's activities during Phase 4 of its work programme.

Public summary reports

IEA GHG publishes a number of topical reports that aim to provide an overview of the state of knowledge on particular abatement technologies.

Currently available reports include:

IEA GHG Activities

Technical Evaluation
Networks
Practical R&D
Publications
 

 

Publications

Greenhouse Issues
  Latest
  Archive
  Conferences Diary 2005

Summary Reports
  Natural Releases of CO2
  IEA GHG Weyburn CO2 Monitoring and Storage Project
  Putting Carbon Back in the Ground
  Ocean Storage of CO2
  Hydrogen Today and Tomorrow
 

 

 

Voluntary Carbon Offsets

This report discusses the advantages and disadvantages of voluntary carbon offsets as a mechanism for reducing GHG emissions. It defines offsets and explains what makes a ‘quality offset’. It describes the various standards for offsets, explains how the market operates, and lists the main providers and
purchasers.

Geological Storage of Carbon Dioxide

 

This report looks at the factors governing the best assurance of safe and secure geologic storage. This includes a project that is well designed and conducted properly and carefully. More detailed explanations, including questions to ask about proposed projects to ensure that they are being conducted properly are available in this booklet

This report provides a summary of how to capture and store CO2 in geological formations. It highlights the benefits of CO2 capture and storage, as well as how CO2 can be captured and stored.

The report discusses how CO2 can be trapped underground and identifies the best regions for suitable storage sites. It also provides a concept for what a future CO2 storage operation might look like.

This report provides a summary of CO2 capture processes. It also evaluates the effect of CO2 capture on different power plant technologies, examining plant performances, investment and production costs as well as environmental impacts.

The report also discusses how the choice of power plant technology and CO2 capture method can depend on many factors besides cost and efficiency as well as other influences.

IEA GHG Weyburn CO2 Monitoring & Storage Project

This report provides a summary on the achievements on the first phase of this major international action to monitor injected CO2 in a depleted oil field.

The project has been managed by PTRC in coordination with ENCANA. IEA GHG supported the technical programme of the project.

 

 

Ocean Storage of CO2

IEA GHG undertook a series of expert workshops that examined the state of knowledge about CO2 injection in the deep ocean. This report reviews the results of these workshops. It considers what research is needed to ensure that sufficient information becomes available to understand the potential benefits and consequences of ocean storage of CO2.

The production of hydrogen from fossil fuels as a transitional strategy taking us towards renewable-based hydrogen production is a topic that is now generating considerable interest. This report examines the technology that could allow this scenario to be implemented.

Copies of these reports can be downloaded by clicking on the appropriate report cover or hard copies can be provided. If hard copy is required please contact the programme office (mail@ieaghg.org) with your mailing details.