Ten times more difficult: Quantifying the carbon capture and storage challenge

Energy Policy

Volumn 55, Issue , 2013, Pages 683-689

  Nykvist, Björn ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM RESILIENCE CENTRE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Carbon capture and storage; Climate change; Technology innovation system

Indexed keywords

CARBON CAPTURE AND STORAGE; CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS; CLIMATE POLICY; COAL BASED POWER GENERATION; DEMONSTRATION PLANTS; DEVELOPMENT PATH; EMISSION REDUCTION; LOW-CARBON TECHNOLOGIES; POLICY ANALYSIS; POLICY MAKERS; TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION; UPSCALING;

CARBON CAPTURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; EMISSION CONTROL; GLOBAL WARMING; PILOT PLANTS; TECHNOLOGY;

INNOVATION;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; INNOVATION; POWER GENERATION;

EID: 84873143421     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2012.12.026     Document Type: Article

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