In 2003, global emissions from fossil fuel use amounted to 25 GtCO2 (IEA, 2005). More than 50% of this was attributed to large stationary emission sources (> 0.1 MTCO2 yr.), i.e. these sources are the prime candidates for CO2 capture (IPCC, 2005). The bulk of these consist of power plants along with a much lower number of installations from manufacturing and from the production of transportation fuels (see Table 6.1).
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Notes
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Although fossil fuelled power stations with CO2 capture will not be entirely “CO2-free”, the term “CO2 free” is used in order to differentiate from the term “low CO2 power station” which is often used in Germany with respect to highly efficient power stations without CO2 capture.
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It should be kept in mind that the development and manufacture of power generation technologies is an international business and that the development of CCS technologies also takes place in an international framework. Nevertheless, the scope of Germany was chosen for this analysis in order to investigate the chances and opportunities resulting from domestically based activities.
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It should be noted that the study was conducted in the United Kingdom with non-representative panels and that the results cannot be directly transferred as valid for Germany.
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Compared to the total amount of emission allowances of roughly 2 billion tons of CO2, 10 million tons are a very minor amount.
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More precisely, General Electric is the only technology manufacturer marketing gas turbines for operation with hydrogen-rich gases at present. However, as far as the authors are aware, there is not yet enough well-founded operational experience available.
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Jochem, E. (2009). Carbon Dioxide-Free Power Stations/Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage. In: Jochem, E. (eds) Improving the Efficiency of R&D and the Market Diffusion of Energy Technologies. Physica-Verlag HD. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7908-2154-3_6
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