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
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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
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If you do not currently receive a copy of Greenhouse Issues
but would like to do so, please send your email address to mail@ieaghg.org
and we will send you an e-mail notification of when the latest
edition is available for download. The newsletter is free of
charge. Alternatively you can of course just read the latest
issue on the web site.
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).
The deadline for submission into the September
issue is 14th August 2009.
Annual Report
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The 2008 Annual
Review of the IEA GHG is now available from the office.
It provides an in depth summary of recent work and achievements
of the Programme, and also describes the meetings and events
that marked 2008.
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Phase Summary Reports
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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.
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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: |
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Effects of CCS in the CDM (2008/13) |
| This technical report
is being made freely available so as to assist the CDM Executive
Board’s task set to it in Poznan “to assess the implications of
the possible inclusion of carbon dioxide capture and storage in
geological formations as clean development mechanism project activities,
taking into account technical, methodological and legal issues”.
They are due to report back to CMP-5 in Copenhagen in December.
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Natural
Releases of CO2
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| To understand the circumstances
that lead to natural release incidents of CO2,
the IEA Greenhouse Gas R&D Programme commissioned eminent
geologists from the British Geological Survey and CRIEPI in Japan
to provide a factual and balanced overview of natural CO2
releases from underground sources and their relevance to geological
CO2 storage. This report provides a summary
of their findings
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5
Summary Reports in One
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IEA GHG has prepared a number of summary reports
on CCS that aim to provide more general information on the
topic for both stakeholders and the lay public. This PDF
contains 5 reports in one file (45MB), as follows:
- Carbon Capture and Storage
- Storing CO2 Underground
- Capturing CO2
- Geologic Storage of Carbon Dioxide
- Natural Releases of CO2
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| Voluntary
Carbon Offsets
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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. |
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Geological
Storage of Carbon Dioxide
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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.
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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If hard copies of any of the above are required please contact
the programme office (mail@ieaghg.org)
with your mailing details.
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