New regs give big boost to CCS Research

Leader-Post, Aug 22, 2011

By Bruce Johnstone

REGINA — The carbon capture and storage (CCS) industry got a big shot in the arm with Friday’s announcement by the federal government that coal-fired generating stations will have to clean up their act when new regulations come into effect in mid-2015.

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Sherk Signs On

Leader-Post, January 3, 2011

Jerry Sherk, former managing director of the Colorado Energy Research Institute (CERI) at the Colorado School of Mines, has become chief operating officer of the International Performance Assessment Centre for Geologic Storage of Carbon Dioxide (IPAC-CO2 Research Inc.) in Regina.

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Committee Reviewing Proposed Standard for CO2 Storage

AirWaterLand, Nov. 25, 2010

A technical committee comprised of almost three dozen experts from Canada and the United States has begun reviewing the draft of the world’s first standard for the geologic storage of carbon dioxide.

Upon completion, this new standard will provide essential guidelines for regulators, industry and others around the world involved with scientific and commercial carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects.

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How to Get a Community to Support CO2 Storage

Scientific American, Nov. 18, 2010

By Christa Marshall, Climatewire

An environmental think tank released guidelines outlining how communities can work with companies and state regulators to diminish widespread opposition.

Protesters marching with "No CO2" signs against the prospect of stored gas beneath their homes. Town meetings filled with angry residents complaining about lower property values because of carbon dioxide sequestered deep underground.

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Canadian Firms to Design World’s First Carbon Capture Standard

Carbon Offsets Daily, June 22, 2010

In an attempt to bring some order to a fractured – and controversial – industry, two Canadian organizations have announced a partnership to develop a set of standards for carbon capture and storage (CCS).

Standards organization CSA Standards and the International Performance Assessment Centre for Geologic Storage of Carbon Dioxide (IPAC-CO2) hope the best practices they develop for the Canadian CCS industry will eventually provide a model for CCS standards internationally.

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Agreement reached to develop standard: Carbon capture guidelines in works

Globe and Mail, June 15,2010

By Dawn Walton

As industries and regulators around the globe jockey to find ways to prevent greenhouse gases from being pumped into the atmosphere, Canada is poised to create the world’s first set of standards for the safe underground storage of carbon dioxide emissions.

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IPAC-CO2 Hires New CEO; Creates New Global Network

IEA GHG Greenhouse Issues,June,2010

By Joe Ralko, IPAC-CO2

The International Performance Assessment Centre for Geologic Storage of Carbon Dioxide (IPAC-CO2) has hired a new Chief Executive Officer and established a global network linking organizations in eight countries which conduct research into the geological storage of carbon dioxide.

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IPAC-CO2 network links CCS researchers

Industrial GHG Solutions, May 26, 2010

By Erin Voegele

The Canadian-based International Performance Assessment Centre for Geologic Storage of Carbon Dioxide (IPAC-CO2) has developed a global network that aims to link eight regional centers around the world that are currently conducting research on the geological sequestration of CO2. According to IPAC-CO2, the network is designed to meet a public and regulatory need in the global carbon capture and storage (CCS) chain by providing independent performance assessment of geological storage of CO2.