Carbon capture and storage
Briefing paper
An everyman's guide for a landholder to participate in soil carbon farming in Australia
Soil carbon farming has been mooted as one of the key strategies for offsetting Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions. This paper explains in simple terms the procedures for a landholder to participate in the Australian government’s Emissions Reduction Fund.
Working paper
‘Clean’ hydrogen? An analysis of the emissions and costs of fossil fuel based versus renewable electricity based hydrogen
In this working paper, the authors argue that establishing hydrogen supply chains on the basis of fossil fuels, as many national strategies foresee, may be incompatible with decarbonisation objectives and raise the risk of stranded assets.
Report
Reality check: why CSS has no role in Australia's energy system
This report responds to a request from the Australian Conservation Foundation to undertake a desk-top review of the cost of carbon capture and storage (CCS) applied to electricity generation in Australia. The analysis suggests carbon capture and storage is likely to cost at least six times as much as wind generation plus storage, with comparable...
Report
Energy technology perspectives 2020
A net-zero energy system requires a profound transformation in the way we produce and use energy that can only be achieved with a broad suite of technologies. This report examines in detail the role for carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) technologies in clean energy transitions.
Report
Dishing the dirt: Australia’s move to store carbon in soil is a problem for tackling climate change
The Morrison Government’s Technology Investment Roadmap identifies soil carbon as a potential way to reduce emissions from agriculture and to offset other emissions. However, the government’s plan contains misconceptions about the general effectiveness of soil carbon as an emissions reduction strategy.