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Interview with Prof. Stuart Haszeldine on increasing carbon storage capacity
"50 Million tonnes of carbon storage capacity is welcome but it needs to be double that - we're already 50 years late on a 50 year problem", says Stuart Haszeldine, Scottish Carbon Capture and Storage Director and Professor of Carbon Capture and Storage at the University of Edinburgh (UK). Professor Haszeldine has over 35 years’ ...
Professor Mathieu Lucquiaud: ‘You cannot get to net zero without carbon capture and storage’
Interview with Mathieu Lucquiaud, Professor of Clean Energy with Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Sheffield (UK). Professor Lucquiaud’s research focuses on the role of CCS technologies in energy systems, their commercial deployment, and how to make them more cost effective, flexible and responsive. Professor Lucquiaud was the ...
Carbon capture, utilisation and storage: a polarising or pragmatic part of the EU climate toolbox?
Carbon capture, utilisation and storage technologies could help tackle hard-to-abate emissions in the fight against climate change, but they face challenges in investment, viability and scepticism when it comes to risks of greenwashing and allowing business as usual. Carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) are a family of technologies that stop emitted carbon dioxide from ...
A scientist’s opinion: Interview with Prof Michael Norton on burning wood as renewable energy
Interview with Professor Michael Norton, Environment Programme Director at the European Academies’ Science Advisory Council (EASAC) and Professor at Tokyo Institute of Technology, Shinshu University and Tohoku University. According to a Joint Research Centre (JRC) publication, the global production of wood pellets reached 29 million tonnes in 2016, of which more than 50% was produced ...
A scientist’s opinion: Interview with Dr Alessandro Agostini on burning wood as renewable energy
Interview with Dr Alessandro Agostini, researcher at the Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development (ENEA) According to a Joint Research Centre (JRC) publication, the global production of wood pellets reached 29 million tonnes in 2016, of which more than 50% was produced in the EU. Why is burning forest biomass ...
The European Commission’s opinion: Interview with Tim McPhie on burning wood as renewable energy
Interview with Tim McPhie, (European Commission spokesperson service) to questions related to the use of biomass in the Renewable Energy Directive Is wood a form of renewable energy from the perspective of the European Commission? Biomass from forestry, agriculture and organic waste is the main source of renewable energy in the EU, accounting for over ...
A scientist’s opinion: Interview with Dr Jacopo Giuntoli on burning wood as renewable energy
Interview with Dr Jacopo Giuntoli, sustainability scientist, life cycle assessment expert and EU bioeconomy researcher, that is collaborating with the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission. Several Joint Research Centre (JRC) researchers, along with scientists from the European Environment Agency’s Scientific Committee, have stated that burning wood would have a larger impact on the ...
55% reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by 2030: ‘It’s a Herculean effort’
Interview with Prof. Nebojsa Nakicenovic, energy economist and systems analyst from the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis and Vienna University of Technology and Deputy Chair of the EU’s Scientific Advise Mechanism. The EU’s Scientific Advise Mechanism (SAM), comprised of the Group of Chief Scientific Advisors to the European Commission (GCSA) and the Scientific Advice ...
