Citater i tilknytning til CCS

 

NOAH Friends of the Earth Denmark

"Med CCS åbnes for et helt nyt kapitel i Danmarks og EU´s affaldspolitik med etablering af direkte nedpumpning af forbrugersamfundets affaldsstrømme til undergrunden - i klimaets hellige navn. Når CO2-lossepladserne er fyldt op, overtager samfundet de ansvarsmæssige og dermed økonomiske forpligtigelser fra operatørerne. Det bliver dermed den enkelte borger/skatteyder, der kommer til at betale for dette storskalaeksperiment, hvis noget går galt eller CO2-og affaldslageret reagerer uventet.

Vi mener, at CCS er en teknologi, der absolut ikke skal fremmes med offentlige midler. Det er en ikke-løsning på de fossile brændslers CO2-udledninger. Den er dyr, den vil nedsætte energieffektiviteten betydeligt, og den vil frem for alt fortsætte kulalderen på ubestemt tid."(2009)

Philip Vergragt, professor

"CCS bør snarere anskues som en ny strategi fra den eksisterende fossile energiindustri til at konsolidere deres forbliven på markedet. Snarere end at fungere som en bro-teknologi vil store investeringer i CCS-anlæg vise sig at bidrage til den fossile vejs fortsættelse og hæmme udviklingen af alternativer."(2009)

Nicholas Stern

"High carbon growth will kill itself." (2009)

Worldwatch.org

"What is clear is that there will not be a large-scale deployment of CCS in the next 10–15 years. If this time is used for ambitious development and diffusion of renewable sources, the argument for CCS as a “bridge” to renewable energy will lose its force."(2009)

DONG Energy

"En af de største udfordringer i forbindelse med CCS er at udvikle mindre energikrævende processer. Den nuværende teknologi er meget energikrævende. Det gør, at det endnu ikke er økonomisk muligt at implementere teknologien." (2009)

Foreningen "Nej til CO2-lagring"

"Vi vil ganske enkelt ikke have det CO2 lager. Hvorfor skulle vi have sådan et lager, som vore efterkommere i givet fald skulle døje med i 1000 år, når der findes så mange muligheder for alternativ energi. " Asger Møller Madsen, landmand. (2009)

Margrete Auken, MEP

"Vattenfalls planer om at lave et CO2-lager ved Birkelse bør lægges i skuffen med det samme. Det er spild af tid og penge." (2009)

Henrik Lund, professor

"Danmark har en politisk målsætning om at stoppe afbrænding af kul, olie og gas. Tidligere statsminister Anders Fogh Rasmussen har flere gange udtalt, at vi bør gøre Danmark fri for fossile brændsler som kul, olie og gas. Dette har den nuværende statsminister tilsluttet sig. Derfor er der ingen logik i at etablere et lager til CO2. Lagring kræver blot afbrænding af endnu mere kul.
Vattenfalls planer om et underjordisk CO2-lager i Jammerbugt Kommune vil koste tre milliarder at realisere. Plus øge kulafbrændingen væsentligt.

Vattenfall

"Selvom fossile brændsler måske lyder som noget, der for længst har passeret "bedst før datoen", er den barske virkelighed, at tæt ved 80 procent af det totale energibehov i den globale økonomi dækkes af fossile brændsler. Det er vi nødt til at forholde os til. I stedet for at vi som enkelt virksomhed skiller os af med kulkraften, har vi besluttet at investere i udviklingen af anlæg, der kan opsamle og lagre CO2. Det er vores håb, at denne teknologi kan udbredes og anvendes i hele verden i en overgangsperiode, indtil erstatningen for fossile brændsler er opfundet. Vi mener, det er uansvarligt ikke at gøre noget ved den andel af energiproduktionen, som nødvendigvis må komme fra kul eller andre fossile brændsler." Bjarne Korshøj, direktør for Vattenfalls termiske kraftværker i Norden, 2008

EU-Kommissionen

"Vi må gøre CCS til normen for nye kraftværker og etablere 12 demonstrationsanlæg i 2015," José Manuel Barroso, formand, 2008.

Greenpeace

"CCS not ready in time
Climate experts say the worst impacts of climate change can be averted by levelling off global warming pollution by 2015 and turning down the burner after that. But the earliest that CCS will be ready is 2030. The Nobel Peace Prize-winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is even less optimistic. The IPCC doesn't see CCS being commercially viable until even later - around 2050." (2007)

EUs Miljødirektorat

" The world will fail to halve emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) by 2050 without the deployment of technology to capture and store the emissions spewed out from fossil-fuel burning power plants " Stavros Dimas, EUs Miljøkommissær, 2008.

G8 (Britain, Canada, Italy, Japan, France, Germany, Russia, the United States) GLENEAGLES PLAN OF ACTION - CLIMATE CHANGE, CLEAN ENERGY AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

" To respond to the scale of the challenges we face, we need to diversify our energy
supply mix, including increased use of renewables. Fossil fuels will continue to be an important part of the global energy mix, and we will need to find ways to manage the associated air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. We need to capitalise on all the opportunities available to improve the efficiency along the entire process chain, from extraction, to energy generation and transmission, and to maximise the large and untapped potential of lower-emitting alternative sources of
energy. "

" We will work to accelerate the development and commercialization of Carbon Capture and Storage technology by:

(a) endorsing the objectives and activities of the Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum (CSLF), and encouraging the Forum to work with broader civil society and to address the barriers to the public acceptability of CCS technology;

(b) inviting the IEA to work with the CSLF to hold a workshop on short-term
opportunities for CCS in the fossil fuel sector, including from Enhanced Oil
Recovery and CO2 removal from natural gas production;

(c) inviting the IEA to work with the CSLF to study definitions, costs, and scope for 'capture ready' plant and consider economic incentives;

(d) collaborating with key developing countries to research options for geological CO2 storage; and

(e) working with industry and with national and international research
programmes and partnerships to explore the potential of CCS technologies,
including with developing countries. " 2005.

G8 + 3 (Britain, Canada, Italy, Japan, France, Germany, Russia, the United States + China, India and South Korea)

" We strongly support the recommendation that 20 large-scale CCS demonstration projects need to be launched globally by 2010 ... with a view to supporting technology development and cost reduction for the beginning of broad deployment of CCS by 2020." 2008.

IEA (International Energy Agency):

" If deep reductions in greenhouse gas emissions are required, (to meet the UNFCC goal of stabilisation of anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions), then one method that could be used is CO2 capture and storage (CCS)."

" Approximately one third of all CO2 emissions due to human activity come from fossil fuels used for generating electricity, with each power plant capable of emitting several million tonnes of CO2 annually. A variety of other industrial processes also emit large amounts of CO2 from each plant, for example oil refineries, cement works, and iron and steel production. These emissions could be reduced substantially, without major changes to the basic process, by capturing and storing the CO2. " 2008.

IPCC, (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) Special Report - Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage :

" CCS has the potential to reduce overall mitigation
costs and increase flexibility in achieving greenhouse gas
emission reductions. The widespread application of CCS
would depend on technical maturity, costs, overall potential,
diffusion and transfer of the technology to developing
countries and their capacity to apply the technology, regulatory
aspects, environmental issues and public perception ."

" The Third Assessment Report (TAR) indicates that no
single technology option will provide all of the emission
reductions needed to achieve stabilization, but a portfolio
of mitigation measures will be needed. "2005.

UNFCCC , (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change) Yvo de Boer, Executive Secretary :

" The IPCC has identified carbon dioxide capture and storage (CCS) as the most promising technology for the rapid reduction of global emissions: up to 55% by 2100. As part of a portfolio of solutions, CCS is an important bridge to a more sustainable energy system, and therefore a key solution for combating climate change.
If CCS is to be employed at a large scale it requires stable, market-based funding mechanisms that close the cost-gap between energy production with and without CCS. A continuation of the carbon market post-2012, i.e. beyond the first commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol, could enable CCS to be included in the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM)...

Moreover, a continuation of a stringent emission reduction targets post-2012 and rapid implementation towards this end will drive a more rapid transition to climate- friendly technologies, including CCS, and in this way continue to provide space for oil.
With appropriate technology development and deployment and non-fuel uses, essential fossil fuels can and will continue to play their role. " 2007.

Stern Review

"CCS is essential to maintain the role of coal in providing secure and reliable energy for many economies."

"The forecast growth in emissions from coal, especially in China and India, means CCS technology has particular importance." 2006.

ETP-ZEP (European Technology Platform - Zero Emission Fossil Fuel Power Plants)

" It is not feasible to let all CCS costs be paid by utilities, the shareholders would not allow it."
(Robert van der Lande, ETP-ZEP) 2008.

CCSA (Carbon Capture and Storage Association)

"There is nothing stopping CCS but policy." (Jeff Chapman, CCSA) 2008.

Al Gore

"I think it is quite responsible to support robust research into whether or not it might in the future become possible to safely capture and sequester CO2 from coal plants. But we should not delude ourselves about the likelihood that that´s going to occur in the near term or even in the mid term. It is extremely expensive. There is not a single large scale demonstration plant anywhere in the US. The research is one thing. We must avoid becoming vulnerable to the illusion that this is near at hand. It is not. And as a result I believe that we must not have any more conventional dirty coal plants that do not capture and sequester CO2."

UK MPs

"If Darling (UK Chancellor) needs an example of something he should be spending money on it is CCS. We would write the cheques." (Greg Barker, Conservative MP, UK)

"We should not forget that CCS is not a long term sustainable solution; we can´t pump CO2 into the underground forever. But it can give us a short term solution until 2050." (Elliot Morley, Labour MP, UK)

Todd Stern
Special Envoy for Climate Change
Senate Hart Office Building
Washington, DC
March 3, 2009

Keynote Remarks at U.S. Climate Action Symposium

" Countries that sink their treasure now into a dirty coal infrastructure or high-carbon production methods are not only jeopardizing the health of the planet, they are jeopardizing their own economic future. Think about the companies that bet on typewriters as the first personal computers rolled off the assembly lines. Or think of the auto companies who bet on SUVs as oil supplies started tightening and a world of carbon constraints started coming into view. Companies and countries have a choice now. Choosing the low-carbon path will take significant upfront investment and it will take a great deal of hard work. But it will put them on the right side of history."