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Australian Greenhouse Office, part Department of the Environment and Water Resources, delivers most of the programmes under the Australian Government’s climate change strategy.

Australian Petroleum Production Exploration Association Ltd (APPEA), the peak national body representing Australia's oil and gas exploration and production industry

COAL 21, an initiative of the Australian Coal Industry, aims to realise the potential of advanced technologies to reduce or eliminate greenhouse gas emissions associated with the use of coal.

CRC for Coal in Sustainable Development, an unincorporated joint venture of participating organisations from the black-coal producing and using industries and research organisations in Queensland, New South Wales and Western Australia, aims to optimise the contribution of coal to a sustainable future.

Cooperative Research Centres Programme, an Australian Government funded initiative, emphasises the importance of collaboration between business and researchers to maximise the benefits of research through an enhanced process of utilisation, commercialisation and technology transfer. It also has a strong education component.

Department of Energy, a department of the United States Government, its overarching mission includes to advance the national, economic, and energy security of the United States and to promote scientific and technological innovation in support of that mission. 

Department of Industry, Tourism and Resources, a department of the Australian Government, its vision is increased prosperity for all Australians through internationally competitive and sustainable business.

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), assesses scientific evidence of climate change globally.

Canadian Carbon dioxide Capture and Storage Network Co-ordination of research, development and deployment efforts of national capture and storage initiatives, and information on technology.

Carbon Capture and Storage Association London based, represents the interests of its members in the business of capture and geological storage of carbon dioxide.

Carbon Capture Project, an international effort funded by eight of the world’s leading energy companies, seeks to develop new technologies to reduce the cost of capturing carbon dioxide from combustion and to store it geologically.

Carbon Sequestration FAQ Information Portal, frequently asked questions and answers intended by the United States National Energy Technology Laboratory to provide useful information and dispel misconceptions.

Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum, a voluntary climate initiative of developed and developing nations that account for about 75 per cent of all man-made carbon dioxide emissions.

Capture technologies Trial of capture technologies, being undertaken by CO2CRC researchers from Melbourne and Monash Universities and energy-technology company HRL Developments, at HRL’s Mulgrave research gasifier in Melbourne, Victoria.
Announcement
HRL Developments

CCS Technologies at MIT conducts research into technologies to capture, utilise, and store carbon dioxide from large stationary sources.

Coal-Seq Consortium, advancing the science of carbon dioxide sequestration in unmineable coal-seams.

CO2CRC Otway Project, the first geosequestration project in Australia.

CS Energy’s oxyfiring, capture and injection project, involving retrofitting oxyfiring technologies to a 30-megawatt unit at the existing Callide A power station at Biloela in central Queensland, Australia.

Department of Industry, Tourism and Resources (CCS), an Australian Government department, provides information on development of a regulatory framework for carbon dioxide capture and storage, the Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum, and international activities and projects. 

Fairview Zero Carbon Power project, involving construction of a 100-megawatt power station fuelled by coal-seam methane. One-third of the carbon dioxide emissions from the power station – more than 100,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide a year – will be captured and stored geologically in deep unmineable coal seams.

Frio Brine Pilot experimental site in the South Liberty oilfield near Houston, Texas, United States, has experienced two injections of carbon dioxide, one in late 2004 when researchers injected 1,600 tonnes of carbon dioxide into a brine formation about 1.6 kilometres below the surface; and another in late 2006 when about 700 tonnes was injected.
2006 injection
2004 injection

FutureGen, based in the United States of America, is a public-private partnership to build a first-of-its-kind coal-fueled, near-zero-emissions power plant, integrating coal gasification, electricity generation, emissions control, carbon dioxide capture and geological storage, and hydrogen production technologies.

Gorgon natural gas, the world’s largest carbon dioxide capture and storage project from natural gas, being developed in Western Australia. Chevron (TAPL) Pt Ltd is working with joint venture partners Shell Development Australia Pty Ltd and Mobil Australia Resources Company Pty Ltd on the geosequestration project as part of their development of the Gorgon natural gas reserves off the north-west coast of Western Australia.

Hydrogen Energy, a company jointly owned by BP and Rio Tinto, was established to develop decarbonised energy projects around the world, initially focussing on hydrogen-fuelled power generation, using fossil fuels and carbon dioxide capture and geological storage to produce new large-scale supplies of clean electricity.

International Energy Agency (Carbon dioxide capture and storage research)
Outlines the research program of the agency.

In Salah project in the central Saharan region of Algeria takes natural gas containing up to 10 per cent carbon dioxide from four production wells, strips the carbon dioxide from the natural gas, and re-injects the carbon dioxide into a sandstone reservoir at a depth of 1.8 kilometres.

International Energy Agency database of carbon dioxide geological sequestration research, development and demonstration projects

Latrobe Valley Research Hub, Australia’s and possibly the world’s first research hub to fast-track the maturity of technologies that capture greenhouse emissions from brown-coal power stations.
Announcement
Participants include: CO2CRC | Loy Yang Power | International Power | CSIRO Energy Transformed Flagship | CSIRO Energy Technology

Monash Energy brown-coal-to-liquids proposed project in the Latrobe Valley in Victoria, Australia, includes capture and geological storage of carbon dioxide. Monash is examining the proposal in conjunction with technical advisers from Anglo American and Shell.

Significant projects recognised by the Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum.

Sleipner project, operated by Statoil in the North Sea off the coast of Norway, is the first commercial-scale project dedicated to the geological storage of carbon dioxide in a saline formation.

United States Department of Energy database of projects in which it is involved

United States Department of Energy (geological sequestration), outlines the carbon dioxide capture and geological sequestration research and development program of the department.

Weyburn project in Canada involves enhanced oil recovery with carbon dioxide injection and storage, being undertaken by Encana.

World Coal Institute (carbon capture and storage) Outlines current technologies and projects.

ZeroGen in Queensland, Australia, proposes to be the first in the world to combine both coal-based gasification and carbon dioxide capture and storage in deep saline aquifers at a commercial scale.

IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change - assesses scientific evidence of climate change globally.

UNFCCC United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change - international treaty.

Arctic Climate Impact Assessment,Project of the Arctic Council and the International Arctic Science Committee.

Biocap Canada, Working to find solutions to climate change.

Bureau of Rural Sciences (Climate change and risk to agriculture), Monitoring of carbon cycle dynamics, developing tools, exploring impacts on ecosystems.

Canadian Climate Impacts and Adaptation Research Network, National network of researchers, government, and NGOs.

Carbon Dioxide Analysis Information Center, United States Department of Energy data and analysis centre.

Centre for International Climate and Environmental Research - Oslo(CICERO), associated with the University of Oslo.

Consortium for Agricultural Soils Mitigation of Greenhouse Gases, Nine US universities and a national laboratory.

CSIRO Forestry and Forest Products, Focus on Australia’s forest-based industries.

CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research, Focus on weather, climate and atmospheric pollution.

Global Carbon Project, Partnership aiming to develop a complete picture of the global carbon cycle.

Global Commons Institute, Concerned with protection of the global commons.

IPCC, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change - assesses scientific evidence of climate change globally.

National Carbon Accounting System (Australian Greenhouse Office), Tracks emissions and removals of greenhouse gases from Australian land-based systems.

Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, International and independent research institute.

The European Tropical Forest Research Network, A forum for communication on (sub-)tropical forest research.

The Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research, Provides United Kingdom focus for research.

Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, National United Kingdom centre for trans-disciplinary research.

UK Climate Impacts Programme, Provides climate-change scenarios and co-ordinates research.

US Global Change Research Program, Supports research on changes in the environment and their implications.

Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy, Explores and develops strategies to promote sustainability.

Carbon Dioxide Analysis Information Center, United States Department of Energy data and analysis centre.

Climate Impacts LINK Project (UK), Provides scenarios for impacts assessment.

Current Greenhouse Gas Concentrations (Carbon Dioxide Analysis Information Center) Updated regularly.

Greenhouse Gas Bulletin, World Meteorological Organization bulletin on the state of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere in 2005.

Inventory of Australian Greenhouse Gas Emissions (Australian Greenhouse Office) Annual inventory reports on Australian emissions.

Inventory of US Greenhouse Gas Emissions (US Environmental Protection Agency) Annual inventory reports on US emissions.

National Climatic Data Center (US Department of Commerce) Largest active archive of weather data.

Australian Climate Forum Provides regular updates of climate-change news and offers a free emailed newsletter, eCarbon News.

BBC Climate Change BBC site on climate change.

Carbon Capture Journal, News of carbon dioxide capture and geological sequestration.

Carbon Positive,Agro-forestry and bio-energy business that carries climate-change news on its web site.

Carbon Sequestration Newsletter, Free newsletter from the United States National Energy Technology Laboratory.

Climate Action Network Europe Works to prevent dangerous climate change and promote sustainable energy and environment policy in Europe.

Climate Ark - Climate Change Portal Links to variety of climate-change news sources.

Climatechange at Flinders University, Aimed particularly at researchers, provides information on media coverage, journals, links to useful sources.

Climatewire, Climate change information service.

eCarbon News, Free monthly digest of greenhouse and climate changes issues around the world, from Australian Climate Forum.

EcoEquity, Research and advocacy organisation dedicated to the promotion of a just and adequate solution to the climate crisis.

Edie Climate Change and Energy news, Climate change and energy.

CO2 Futures, Free emailed newsletter on carbon dioxide capture and geological sequestration provided by CO2CRC.

Germanwatch, Climate protection and adaptation to climate change.

Greenhouse Gas Online, Greenhouse gas news and scientific publications.

The Climate Institute of Australia, Raising public awareness of the dangers to Australia of global warming.

Tiempo Climate Cyberlibrary, Electronic information service.

Tiempo Climate Newswatch News feed, Weekly magazine.

UNFCCC newsroom, Current announcements and news from the UNFCCC.