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Optimal Spatial Deployment of CO2 Capture and Storage Given a Price on Carbon

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  • Michael J. Kuby

    (School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA, mikekuby@asu.edu)

  • Jeffrey M. Bielicki

    (Center for Science, Technology, and Public Policy, Humphrey School, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA)

  • Richard S. Middleton

    (Los Alamos National Laboratory, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, USA)

Abstract

Carbon dioxide capture and storage (CCS) links together technologies that separate carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) from fixed point source emissions and transport it by pipeline to geologic reservoirs into which it is injected underground for long-term containment. Previously, models have been developed to minimize the cost of a CCS infrastructure network that captures a given amount of CO 2 . The CCS process can be costly, however, and large-scale implementation by industry will require government regulations and economic incentives. The incentives can price CO 2 emissions through a tax or a cap-and-trade system. This paper extends the earlier mixed-integer linear programming model to endogenously determine the optimal quantity of CO 2 to capture and optimize the various components of a CCS infrastructure network, given the price per tonne to emit CO 2 into the atmosphere. The spatial decision support system first generates a candidate pipeline network and then minimizes the total cost of capturing, transporting, storing, or emitting CO 2 . To illustrate how the new model based on CO 2 prices works, it is applied to a case study of CO 2 sources, reservoirs, and candidate pipeline links and diameters in California.

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  • Michael J. Kuby & Jeffrey M. Bielicki & Richard S. Middleton, 2011. "Optimal Spatial Deployment of CO2 Capture and Storage Given a Price on Carbon," International Regional Science Review, , vol. 34(3), pages 285-305, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:inrsre:v:34:y:2011:i:3:p:285-305
    DOI: 10.1177/0160017610397191
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