Research for Deployment: Incorporating Risk, Regulation, and Liability for Carbon Capture and Sequestration
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- 作者：Elizabeth J. Wilson ; S. Julio Friedmann ; Melisa F. Pollak
- 刊名：Environmental Science & Technology
- 出版年：2007
- 出版时间：September 1, 2007
- 年：2007
- 卷：41
- 期：17
- 页码：5945 - 5952
- 全文大小：210K
- 年卷期：v.41,no.17(September 1, 2007)
- ISSN：1520-5851
文摘
Carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) has the potentialto enable deep reductions in global carbon dioxide(CO2) emissions, however this promise can only be fulfilledwith large-scale deployment. For this to happen, CCSmust be successfully embedded into a larger legal andregulatory context, and any potential risks must be effectivelymanaged. We developed a list of outstanding researchand technical questions driven by the demands ofthe regulatory and legal systems for the geologic sequestration(GS) component of CCS. We then looked at case studiesthat bound uncertainty within two of the research themesthat emerge. These case studies, on surface leakagefrom abandoned wells and groundwater quality impactsfrom metals mobilization, illustrate how research can informdecision makers on issues of policy, regulatory need,and legal considerations. A central challenge is to ensurethat the research program supports development ofgeneral regulatory and legal frameworks, and also thedevelopment of geological, geophysical, geochemical, andmodeling methods necessary for effective GS sitemonitoring and verification (M&V) protocols, as well asmitigation and remediation plans. If large-scale deploymentof GS is to occur in a manner that adequately protectshuman and ecological health and does not discourage privateinvestment, strengthening the scientific underpinnings ofregulatory and legal decision-making is crucial.