Fifth Year Report 2006

Full PDF Report

Download PDF

Overview

• Executive Summary
  • Evolution of Research
  • The Future
• CMI in the CCS Community
• In Memoriam

Carbon Capture

• Research Highlights
• Fossil-Fuel Based Strategies for Electricity, Hydrogen, and Liquid Fuel Production
• Hybrid Fossil-Biomass Options for Electricity and Fuels
• Wind Energy
• Combustion of Alternative Fuels
• Future Plans
  • Catalyzing Widespread Early Action on CCS
  • Integrated Approach to Bioenergy
  • Global Clean Cooking Fuel Initiative
  • Understanding the Competitors to Gasification Energy with CCS
• Publications

Carbon Storage

• Research Highlights
• Cement Integrity
• Aquifer Simulation
• Analytical Models
• Application of Models to a Specific Site in Alberta
• Deep Aquifer Geochemistry
• Future Plans
  • Experimental Work
  • Geochemical Modeling
  • Large-Scale Modeling of Leakage Risk
  • Potential Interaction with Field Projects
Publications

Carbon Science

• Science Highlights
• Observational Evidence of Current CO₂ Uptake and Ecosystem Fertility
• Evaluating Ocean Models with Observations
• Inversion Modeling of Current CO₂ Sources and Sinks
• The Future of the Ocean Carbon Sink
• The Future of the Land Sink
• Understanding the Ice Ages
• Carbon Cycle Model Development
• Natural and Anthropogenic Influences on U.S. Ozone Pollution
• Future Plans
  • Carbon Observing System
  • Paleoclimate
  • Geoengineering "Truth Squad"
• Publications

Carbon Policy & Integration

• Highlights
• Environmental and Economic Impacts of Anthropogenic Emissions
• Risk Management of Uncertain Climate Thresolds
• The Role of Carbon Sequestration in Efficient Carbon Management Portfolios
• Purchase of a Public Good
• Below-Ground Volumes for Lifetime Storage of CO₂ from Power Plants
• Synthesis and Outreach
• Future Plans
  • Deepening the Analysis of Stabilization Wedges
  • Assessing the Design of Climate Observation Systems
  • Predicting Impacts and Improving Decision-Making
• Publications

All rights reserved. No part of this document may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage-and-retrieval system, without written permission from the copyright holder. All notations of errors or omissions and other correspondence (inquiries, permissions, etc.) concerning the content of this document should be addressed to CMI.