Carbon Capture and Storage Association

The Carbon Capture and Storage Association (CCSA) states on its website that it "exists to represent the interests of its members in promoting the Business of Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS). The Association works to raise awareness, both in the UK and internationally, of the benefits of CCS as a viable climate change mitigation option, and the role of CCS in moving towards a low-carbon global economy."

Promoting CCS on the Clean Development Mechanism
In June 2008 the CCSA made a submission to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change arguing in favour of the inclusion of CCS projects in the Clean Development Mechanism as "the primary method for incentivising low-carbon projects in the developing world."

It argued that "the threat of climate change cannot be addressed without CCS – the scale is too great and the window of time in which action is required, is closing fast. Each year of delay in bringing CCS to deployment represents an increase in million tonnes of CO2. Climate change is a global challenge, therefore both developed and developing countries must apply CCS as part of the solution ... This is particularly important in China and India where massive economic development is already resulting in escalating energy consumption, the majority of which is being met by fossil fuels."

While noting that "CCS has yet to be deployed at a widespread, large scale commercial level and first-mover projects are needed to demonstrate costs and technology, to enable learning-by-doing" they argued that "CDM is currently the only method to provide such incentives in developing countries" to overcome the costs of developing the first CCS projects. (See Clean Development Mechanism and Carbon Capture and Storage for more details).

Members
Members of the CCSA, as of February 2009, are :
 * Air Products
 * Aker Clean Carbon
 * Alstom
 * AMEC
 * Anthony Veder
 * Arup
 * BG Group
 * BP
 * BOC
 * British Cement Association
 * British Geological Survey
 * Camco
 * Chevron
 * Clean Energy Systems
 * Climate Change Capital
 * CO2 DeepStore
 * Coal Authority
 * ConocoPhillips
 * Denbury Resources
 * Denton Wilde Sapte
 * DNV
 * Doosan Babcock
 * Drax Power
 * EDF Energy
 * EON
 * ERM
 * General Electric Int
 * Herbert Smith
 * HTC Purenergy
 * Hydrogen Energy
 * ILF Consulting Engineers
 * Ingen
 * Linklaters
 * Lloyd's Register
 * Lovells LLP
 * Maersk Oil & Gas
 * Marathon Oil
 * Masdar
 * Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI)
 * Mitsubishi Corporation
 * MMI Engineering
 * MW Kellogg
 * National Grid plc
 * Nexen Exploration
 * Norton Rose
 * PowerFuel
 * Poyry Energy Consulting
 * Progressive Energy
 * PWC
 * Reliance Industries Limited
 * Renew
 * Rio Tinto
 * RPS Group
 * RWE
 * Sasol
 * Schlumberger
 * Scottish & Southern
 * Scottish Centre for Carbon Storage
 * Scottish Enterprise
 * Scottish Power
 * Senergy
 * Shell
 * Siemens
 * SLR Consulting Ireland
 * IM Skaugen
 * Statoil
 * Total Holdings
 * Yorkshire Forward

Personnel
As of February 2009, personnel of the CCSA are :
 * Lord Oxburgh, Honorary President
 * Gardiner Hill, BP, Chairman
 * Tim Hill, E.ON UK, Vice Chairman
 * Peter Whitton, Progressive Energy, Vice Chairman
 * Jeff Chapman, Chief Executive
 * Judy Shapiro, Policy Officer
 * Stephanie Squire, Policy Assistant
 * Pamela Rudolph, Executive Assistant
 * David I. Green OBE, Company Secretary:

Contact Details
The Carbon Capture & Storage Association Suites 142-152, 4th Floor, Grosvenor Gardens House 35-37 Grosvenor Gardens London SW1W 0BS Tel: +44 (0) 20 7821 0528 Fax: +44 (0) 20 7828 0310 Email: info AT ccsassociation.org Website: http://www.ccsassociation.org.uk/

Related Sourcewatch Articles

 * Carbon Capture and Storage
 * Clean Development Mechanism and Carbon Capture and Storage

External Articles
Carbon Capture and Storage