Learning through a portfolio of carbon capture and storage demonstration projects

Nature Energy

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Reiner, David M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; DEMONSTRATIONS;

BUSINESS MODELS; CARBON DIOXIDE CAPTURE AND STORAGE; CCS TECHNOLOGIES; CLIMATE MITIGATIONS; DEMONSTRATION PROJECT; EUROPEAN UNION; INDUSTRIAL SECTOR; MUTUALLY INDEPENDENTS;

CARBON CAPTURE;

EID: 85007451347     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20587546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nenergy.2015.11     Document Type: Review

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