CCS needs reality check instead of IEA spin
October 26, 2009
Sir,
Regarding ‘IEA calls for massive investments in carbon capture‘:
It is interesting to do the maths on some of the roadmap proposals from the International Energy Agency.
- 100 operational CCS plants by 2020? The EU is struggling to have 12 demonstration plants by 2015. So?
- 3400 CCS plants worldwide by 2050: that’s one every four days. Realistic?
- The report also mentions the need for 360,000 km of pipeline: that is nine times the circumference of the Earth. Where do we get all the steel?
Willy De Backer
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Sirs,
I believe the more pertinent question is whether a 450 ppm CO2 atmospheric stablisation level is a achievable given current forecasts for production and consumption. This is what the IEA projections are based on.
Paul Zakkour