CCS from the gas-fired power station at Kårstø? A commercial analysis

Petter Osmundsen and Magne Emhjellen

Energy Policy, 2010, vol. 38, issue 12, 7818-7826

Abstract: Summary The article presents a commercial investment analysis of the carbon capture project at the Kårstø gas processing plant in south-western Norway. We update an earlier analysis and critically review the methods used--including those applied for cost estimating. Our conclusion is that carbon capture and storage (CCS) at Kårstø would be a very unprofitable climate measure with poor cost efficiency. It would require more than USD 1.7 billion1 in subsidies, or in excess of USD 133 million per year. That corresponds to a subsidy of roughly USD 0.1 per kWh on the power station's electricity output. The cost per tonne of carbon emissions abated is about USD 333, which is about 20 times the international carbon emission allowance price and many times higher than alternative domestic climate measures.

Keywords: Climate; projects; Decision; analyses; CCS (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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