Carbon capture and storage

Questionable Benefits from Taxpayer Funded Research on Unproven Clean Coal Tech

Posted on 19 May 2011
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The Australian government has spent millions of dollars worth of taxpayer money on research into Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) and allocated millions more in the 2011-12 budget. It’s time for the Gillard government to be transparent about the progress of CCS. It shouldn’t be throwing away money on the ‘clean coal’ pipedream.

Beyond Zero Emissions call on the Greens to use Senate Estimates and balance of power from 1 July to push government to reveal:

• How much public money has been spent on Carbon Capture and Storage to date
• How much has industry contributed, given its promise to put in $1 billion
• What is the evidence that CCS is progressing as predicted
• What is the cost-benefit of to publicly funded research into CCS compared to research to make proven renewable energy technologies cheaper

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SMH: Electric dreams must step off the gas

Posted on 15 Mar 2011
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When you boil down the carbon price debate, a big chunk of Australia's greenhouse gas emission cuts this decade is meant to come by way of a switch from coal-fired power stations to gas. Start with the oldest, dirtiest brown coal-fired plant and, in an orderly way, progress through the fleet until either we are no longer burning coal to generate electricity, or carbon capture and storage is up and running (and pigs are loaded and ready for take-off).

The Climate Change Minister, Greg Combet, says as much when talking about the problem of stalled investment in the energy sector.

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S David Freeman former head of the biggest US utility company tells us we can go to Zero Emissions for baseload & peak power now

Posted on 28 Mar 2008
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Beyond Zero talks with S. David Freeman, head of the Los Angeles Port Authority and former head of the largest U.S. utility company, the Tennessee Valley Authority.

S. David Freeman podcast

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