Carbon Capture and Storage in the United Kingdom

History, Policies and Politics

Marc Hudson

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English

Routledge
27 March 2024

Alternative & renewable energy industries; Global warming; Alternative & renewable energy sources & technology; Civil engineering, surveying & building

Series: Routledge Focus on Energy Studies

This book is a concise but comprehensive guide to the history, present and possible futures of carbon capture and storage policy and action in the United Kingdom (UK).

There have been multiple failed starts, promises and “last chances” for carbon capture and storage (CCS) in Europe, North America, China and Australia, but thus far it has repeatedly collided with the political and economic realities that the technology is too expensive and complicated to gain and keep policymakers’ support. However, in the UK that might be changing, with explicit government support for CCS to help decarbonise industry. Set within the broader context of global interest in CCS, this book first outlines the technologies involved in the types of capture technology, transport options and storage options in the UK. It then briefly introduces an overarching policy analysis framework (John Kingdon’s multiple streams approach) and uses it to give an account of the long history of CCS interest and efforts in three chapters covering the 1970s to 2002, 2003 to 2015 and 2016 to the present day. Marc Hudson focusses on the various arguments made for the introduction of CCS, and the slowly shifting coalitions of actors who make those arguments, while contrasting these with the perspectives of those opposed to CCS.

This book will be of great interest to students, scholars and policymakers researching and working in the field, as well as the related areas of energy policy, energy transitions and climate change.

By: Marc Hudson
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 138mm,
Weight: 403g
ISBN: 9781032609119
ISBN 10: 1032609117
Series: Routledge Focus on Energy Studies
Pages: 122
Publication Date: 27 March 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Acknowledgements List of figures Abbreviations Chapter 1 - Introduction - Climate, Technofixes and CCS Chapter 2 – Multiple Streams Approach and Hype Cycles Chapter 3 – From the 1970s to 2002 Chapter 4 – From 2002 to 2015 Chapter 5 – From 2015 to 2023 Chapter 6 – Conclusion Index

Marc Hudson was educated in Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States. He worked as an aid worker in Southern Africa and as a physiotherapist in the UK, specialising in amputee rehabilitation, before undertaking a PhD at the University of Manchester. His thesis examined the strategies and tactics of incumbents resisting carbon pricing in Australia in the period 1989–2012, as a contribution to the study of the politics of socio-technical transitions. He has held postdoctoral roles at Keele and Sussex universities. His academic articles have appeared in Environmental Politics, Energy Research & Social Science, Energy Policy and other journals. He has also written for The Conversation, Peace News and New Internationalist and engaged in local climate activism for 15 years in Manchester. He believes that historical perspectives almost invariably deepen understanding of current events and has created and maintained a climate histories website called All Our Yesterdays, which can be found at allouryesterdays.info.