Building Capacity for CO2 Capture and Storage in the APEC region: A training manual for policy makers and practitioners, October 2009

This APEC training package is designed to assist APEC member economies to understand the potential of CO2 Capture and Storage (CCS), as well as the science and process involved in identifying and implementing a CCS project.
 

• Introduction - CO2 capture and geological storage in energy and climate policy
• Module 1 - CO2 capture and storage overview
• Module 2 - CO2 capture: Post combustion flue gas separation
• Module 3 - CO2 capture: Pre-combustion (decarbonisation) and oxy-fuel technologies
• Module 4 - CO2 compression and transportation to storage site
• Module 5 - CO2 storage options and trapping mechanisms
• Module 6 - Identification and selection of suitable CO2 storage sites
• Module 7 - Key steps involved in developing and implementing a CO2 capture and storage project
• Module 8 - Health, safety and environmental risks of CCS projects
• Module 9 - Risk management, measurement, monitoring and verification in CO2 storage projects
• Module 10 - Regulatory and legal aspects of CO2 storage
• Module 11 - The Clean Development Mechanism
• Module 12 - Economics of CO2 capture and storage
• Appendix 1. Example calculation of costs for hypothetical pulverised coal power station
• Appendix 2. Example calculation of CO2 avoided for power stations
• Appendix 3. Specific project costs
• Appendix 4. Cost translations
• Appendix 5. IEA Technical and Financial Assessment Criteria
• Module 13 - Public awareness and community consultation
• Module 14 - Potential for CO2 capture and storage in the APEC region
• CASE STUDIES