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Introduction
As reported by the International Panel on Climate Change
(IPCC) in the Special Report on Carbon Dioxide Capture
and Storage, the main source of CO2
emissions created by human activity (anthropogenic sources)
is the burning of fossil fuels. There are a number of
different anthropogenic sources of CO2
emissions, predominately from the combustion of fossil
fuels in power generation, industrial facilities, buildings
and transportation. CO2 capture
and storage (CCS) is one of a portfolio of options identified
for reducing the emissions of human activity. Other
measures include: energy efficiency, fuel switching,
nuclear power and renewable sources of energy. To assess
the potential for CCS it is important to identify large
stationary sources of CO2.
The emissions of CO2 from buildings
and transportation are not currently considered suitable
for CCS because they are usually small, dispersed and,
in the case of transportation, often mobile.
The IEA Greenhouse Gas R&D Programme (IEA GHG) has
developed a global database of large stationary point
sources of CO2 emissions. The
database was developed and published in July 2002 as
PH4/9 Building the Cost Curves for CO2
Storage: Part 1: Sources of CO2.
Consisting of some 14 000 individual entries, the emissions
database was a first attempt at producing a global picture
of large stationary CO2 emission
sources, stating their geographical location and size
of their emissions.
It was acknowledged during the compilation of the database
that there could be some errors in the dataset brought
in with the source material. Since 2002, IEA GHG has
had a programme to progressively improve the emission
source data by updating the information contained in
the database and improving its accessibility to a wider
audience.
Below: Example of the CO2
Emissions Database in the Microsoft Excel Worksheet
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