Carbon capture and storage, bio-energy with carbon capture and storage, and the escape from the fossil-fuel lock-in

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 282-292

  Vergragt, Philip J ^a   Markusson, Nils ^b   Karlsson, Henrik ^c  

^a CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c Biorecro   (Sweden)

Author keywords

BECCS; Biomass; Carbon capture and storage; Fossil fuel regime; Lock in; Technical innovation system

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGY; BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; ENERGY PLANNING; FOSSIL FUEL; INNOVATION; POINT SOURCE; POLICY DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 79956274223     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2011.01.020     Document Type: Article

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