Scrutinising the gap between the expected and actual deployment of carbon capture and storage - A bibliometric analysis

Peter Viebahn*, Emile J.L. Chappin

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32 Citations (Scopus)
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Abstract

For many years, carbon capture and storage (CCS) has been discussed as a technology that may make a significant contribution to achieving major reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. At present, however, only two large-scale power plants capture a total of 2.4 Mt CO2/a. Several reasons are identified for this mismatch between expectations and realised deployment. Applying bibliographic coupling, the research front of CCS, understood to be published peer-reviewed papers, is explored to scrutinise whether the current research is sufficient to meet these problems. The analysis reveals that research is dominated by technical research (69%). Only 31% of papers address non-technical issues, particularly exploring public perception, policy, and regulation, providing a broader view on CCS implementation on the regional or national level, or using assessment frameworks. This shows that the research is advancing and attempting to meet the outlined problems, which are mainly non-technology related. In addition to strengthening this research, the proportion of papers that adopt a holistic approach may be increased in a bid to meet the challenges involved in transforming a complex energy system. It may also be useful to include a broad variety of stakeholders in research so as to provide a more resilient development of CCS deployment strategies.

Original languageEnglish
Article number2319
JournalEnergies
Volume11
Issue number9
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2018

Keywords

  • Bibliographic coupling
  • Bibliometrics
  • Carbon capture and storage
  • Citations
  • Deployment of CCS
  • Expectation and reality
  • Review

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