Permanently stored, permanently trapped? A study on the risk of carbon lock-in through the German-Norwegian partnership in CCS and hydrogen
(2023) In Master Thesis Series in Environmental Studies and Sustainability Science MESM02 20231LUCSUS (Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies)
- Abstract
- As the climate crisis becomes more severe, carbon capture and storage (CCS) is increasingly seen as a viable option to help mitigate climate change. However, one risk with regard to CCS is that it locks us into the use of carbon-based energy sources and industry, creating a carbon lock-in. Looking at the German-Norwegian partnership to store German CO2 in Norway and to provide hydrogen in return, this thesis investigates how this partnership creates a carbon lock-in in Germany. The results of the qualitative content analysis and semi-structured interviews show that the CCS partnership and its concrete projects unfold both infrastructural and technological, as well as institutional carbon lock-in mechanisms. Thus, CCS is problematic as it... (More)
- As the climate crisis becomes more severe, carbon capture and storage (CCS) is increasingly seen as a viable option to help mitigate climate change. However, one risk with regard to CCS is that it locks us into the use of carbon-based energy sources and industry, creating a carbon lock-in. Looking at the German-Norwegian partnership to store German CO2 in Norway and to provide hydrogen in return, this thesis investigates how this partnership creates a carbon lock-in in Germany. The results of the qualitative content analysis and semi-structured interviews show that the CCS partnership and its concrete projects unfold both infrastructural and technological, as well as institutional carbon lock-in mechanisms. Thus, CCS is problematic as it upholds the status quo of fossil-based energy sources and industry, inhibiting real change towards a fossil-free and zero-emission world, while at the same time being promoted as a necessary technology to reach Germany’s climate goals. (Less)
Please use this url to cite or link to this publication:
http://lup.lub.lu.se/student-papers/record/9117740
- author
- Faber, Lena LU
- supervisor
-
- Henner Busch LU
- organization
- course
- MESM02 20231
- year
- 2023
- type
- H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
- subject
- keywords
- CCS, carbon lock-in, blue hydrogen, climate change mitigation, sustainability science
- publication/series
- Master Thesis Series in Environmental Studies and Sustainability Science
- report number
- 2023:020
- language
- English
- id
- 9117740
- date added to LUP
- 2023-06-08 09:29:04
- date last changed
- 2023-06-08 09:29:04
@misc{9117740, abstract = {{As the climate crisis becomes more severe, carbon capture and storage (CCS) is increasingly seen as a viable option to help mitigate climate change. However, one risk with regard to CCS is that it locks us into the use of carbon-based energy sources and industry, creating a carbon lock-in. Looking at the German-Norwegian partnership to store German CO2 in Norway and to provide hydrogen in return, this thesis investigates how this partnership creates a carbon lock-in in Germany. The results of the qualitative content analysis and semi-structured interviews show that the CCS partnership and its concrete projects unfold both infrastructural and technological, as well as institutional carbon lock-in mechanisms. Thus, CCS is problematic as it upholds the status quo of fossil-based energy sources and industry, inhibiting real change towards a fossil-free and zero-emission world, while at the same time being promoted as a necessary technology to reach Germany’s climate goals.}}, author = {{Faber, Lena}}, language = {{eng}}, note = {{Student Paper}}, series = {{Master Thesis Series in Environmental Studies and Sustainability Science}}, title = {{Permanently stored, permanently trapped? A study on the risk of carbon lock-in through the German-Norwegian partnership in CCS and hydrogen}}, year = {{2023}}, }