Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs - Coal, carbon capture and storage

Returns to Scale in Carbon Capture and Storage Infrastructure and Deployment

Jeffrey Bielicki — Wed, 28 May 2008 11:23:23 -0500

In this Belfer Center discussion paper, Bielicki describes SimCCS, a cost-minimizing geospatial deployment model used to deploy CCS for a variety of combinations of CO2 sources and injection reservoirs. The purpose of SimCCS is to determine the returns to scale for CCS deployment and to unravel the determinants thereof.

Technical, Environmental, and Economic Assessment of Deploying Advanced Coal Power Technologies in the Chinese Context

Lifeng Zhao, Yunhan Xiao, Kelly Sims Gallagher, Bo Wang and Xiang Xu — Fri, 23 May 2008 15:19:07 -0500

The authors evaluate the differences in technical performance, environmental impact, and costs for capital and electricity for a variety of advanced coal power technologies based on the technological and economic levels in 2006 in China. This study investigates especially the economic gaps between Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle - the technology most able to capture CO2 at a relatively low cost - and other advanced coal power technologies.

Policies for Advanced Coal Technologies in India (and China)

Ananth Chikkatur — Tue, 06 May 2008 15:00:10 -0500

In a presentation to the World Bank, Ananth Chikkatur discusses the role of coal in the Chinese and Indian power sectors, focusing on policies for incentivizing technological innovation in the coal sector in those countries, and suggesting possible roles for the World Bank regarding coal power in both countries as well.

Cleaner Power in India: Towards a Clean-Coal-Technology Roadmap

Ananth Chikkatur and Ambuj Sagar — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 11:43:37 -0500

Investigating the role of coal in India's energy sector, Chikkatur and Sagar emphasize the need for a technology roadmapping process. They highlight the interlinkages between technology innovation and public policy and provide an analytical framework to help delineate the kinds of questions that scholars and practitioners need to ask in addressing India's coal sector.

The Rise of China: Energy and Environmental Implications

Kelly Sims Gallagher — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 16:05:03 -0500

In this presentation, Kelly Sims Gallagher discusses the environmental and energy implications of China's economic growth in the 20th and 21st centuries.

Is India Ready for CTL Fuels?

Ananth Chikkatur and Sunita Dubey — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 14:21:56 -0600

Faced with high oil prices and increasing oil imports to meet the country’s rising demand for transportation fuels, there is now a perception that India’s energy security is threatened. While the production of biodiesel has now become a national mission, CTL fuels are also gaining currency as a commercially attractive proposition because of the potentially cleaner characteristics.

Economic Assessment of Deploying Advanced Coal Power Technologies in the Chinese Context

Lifeng Zhao — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 09:33:40 -0600

Zhao presents her and her colleagues' work on comparing a variety of advanced coal power technologies for China on technical, environmental, and cost bases.

Challenges of Integrating the Advancement of Coal Gasification Technology and CO2 Capture Storage (CCS) Technology

Jennie Stephens — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 14:42:54 -0600

Invited Presentation in Symposium on "Coal Gasification: Myths, Challenges, and Opportunities" American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Annual Meeting, February 15, 2008, Boston, MA.

Towards Better Technology Policies for the Indian Coal-Power Sector

Ananth Chikkatur and Ambuj Sagar — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 10:34:18 -0600

This paper assesses the suitability of current and emerging advanced power generation technologies for the Indian context and presents some technology policy implications of this assessment and analysis to help the Indian coal-power sector meet the country’s energy needs in a sustainable manner.

Research, Development, Demonstration, and Early Deployment Policies for Advanced-Coal Technology in China

Lifeng Zhao and Kelly Sims Gallagher — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0600

This paper introduces the current status of energy in China, evaluates the research, development, and demonstration policies for advanced-coal technologies during the Tenth Five-Year Plan, and gives policy prospects for advanced-coal technologies in the Eleventh Five-Year Plan.

Developing Better Policies in the Indian Coal Sector

Ananth Chikkatur and Ambuj Sagar — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0600

Chikkatur and Sagar discuss the role of coal in India's energy supply, key challenges related to the growth of India's coal sector, and special institutional and governance issues. They conclude by highlighting key areas for policy focus.

Global Climate Disruption: What Do We Know? What Should We Do?

John P. Holdren — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0600

"Global warming is a misnomer," said John P. Holdren, speaking at the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum at the Kennedy School on November 6. "It implies something gradual, uniform, and benign. What we’re experiencing is none of these."

Holdren also urged the United States to spearhead this effort, going from being a "laggard in climate policy to being a leader." Once that happens, he said, the rest of the world will follow suit.

Building a World that Buries Climate Change

Jeffrey Bielicki — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0500

In this presentation on Capture and Storage (CCS), given at Clark University on October 18, 2007, Jeff Bielicki focuses on the interactions between technology, policy, economics, regulation, legal liability, and social acceptance - how each is embedded in the other and how each influences each other. He also summarizes the influence of CCS on power plant locations and on coal-to-liquids facilities.

Coal and India’s Energy Future

Ananth Chikkatur — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0500

Chikkatur discusses the role that coal power plays in India's growth and proposes a pathway toward cleaner coal consumption.

Professor John P. Holdren Moderates the Energy & Climate Panel at the 2007 Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting

John P. Holdren — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0500

John P. Holdren, director of the Belfer Center's Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program, moderated the Energy & Climate panel "Stabilizing the Climate: Pathways to Success" at the Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting in New York on September 27, 2007.

Research, Development, Demonstration, and Deployment of Clean Coal Technology in China

Lifeng Zhao — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0500

Presentation given at "The Dragon and the Elephant: Understanding the
Development of Innovation Capacity in China and India", a conference held at the National Academies in Washington, D.C.

Getting It Done: The Policy Environment in the US and China

Jeffrey Bielicki, Aleksandra Kalinowski and Lifeng Zhao — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 15:18:20 -0500

The United States and China account for about 43% of global emissions. What are the barriers, incentives and policy solutions to deployment of carbon capture and storage technologies in the world's biggest two CO2-emitting countries?

Recent Findings from Climate Science and their Implications for Policy

John P. Holdren — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0500

John P. Holdren was the lead panelist at the first Informal Thematic Debate of the General Assembly, United Nations, New York.

What is the Future of U.S. Coal?

Robert N. Stavins — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0500

"The competitiveness of coal-fired generation diminishes as the stringency of an emissions cap increases."

A Joint Workshop on IGCC & Co-Production and CO2 Capture & Storage

Lifeng Zhao — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0500

Report on a workshop jointly organized by the Energy Technology Innovation Policy research group of the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government and Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Tariff-Based Incentives for Improving Coal-Power-Plant Efficiencies in India

Ananth Chikkatur, Ambuj Sagar, Nikit Abbyankar and N. Sreekumar — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0500

Energy Policy article assessing the efficiency of coal-based power plants and its role in the performance of India's power sector.

Status and Progress of IGCC and Co-Production Technology in the United States

Ananth Chikkatur and John P. Holdren — Wed, 23 May 2007 00:00:00 -0500

Presented at "a Joint Workshop on IGCC & Co-Production and CO2 Capture & Storage" in Beijing, May 23 - 24, 2007.

CCS Program and Geological Assessment for CO2 Storage in the US

Aleksandra Kalinowski — Wed, 23 May 2007 00:00:00 -0500

Presented at "a Joint Workshop on IGCC & Co-Production and CO2 Capture & Storage", Beijing, May 23 - 24, 2007.

The Motivation for Cleaner Coal Technologies

John P. Holdren — Wed, 23 May 2007 00:00:00 -0500

Presented at "a Joint Workshop on IGCC & Co-Production and CO2 Capture & Storage," Beijing, May 23 - 24, 2007.

What Have We Learned? Insights from the Workshop

John P. Holdren — Wed, 23 May 2007 00:00:00 -0500

Presented at "A Joint Workshop on IGCC & Co-Production and CO2 Capture & Storage", Beijing, China. Sponsored by Ministry of Science and Technology (China), Energy Technology Innovation Policy, and Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Technology Roadmapping: Coal Power Sector in India

Ananth Chikkatur — Mon, 21 May 2007 00:00:00 -0500

Presented at Tsinghua University, Beijing, May 21, 2007.

Towards Better Coal Power Technology Policies

Ananth Chikkatur and Ambuj Sagar — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0500

Coal-based power plants are—and will continue to be—the backbone of India’s energy engine. They currently account for about 69 out of 128-gigawatt installed capacity of utilities, and projections by the Planning Commission indicate that coal will fuel the power sector for at least the next three decades.

Will India Suffer From an Energy Crunch?

Ambuj Sagar — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 00:00:00 -0600

Op-Ed in India Today on India's struggle to meet the country's growing energy demand.

Towards a Better Technology Policy for Coal-Based Power in India

Ananth Chikkatur and Ambuj Sagar — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 00:00:00 -0600

This chapter of the Proceedings of the 1st National Conference on Advances in Energy Research highlights the role of the coal sector.

CCS: Research is Not Enough

Jennie Stephens — Tue, 03 Oct 2006 00:00:00 -0500

Governments and industry face a dilemma: how to reconcile increased energy demand with the need to reduce atmospheric CO2 concentrations. Carbon capture and storage (CCS) offers a means of reducing pollution from coal-fired power generation.