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Permanently stored, permanently trapped? A study on the risk of carbon lock-in through the German-Norwegian partnership in CCS and hydrogen

Faber, Lena LU (2023) In Master Thesis Series in Environmental Studies and Sustainability Science MESM02 20231
LUCSUS (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)
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author
Faber, Lena LU
supervisor
organization
course
MESM02 20231
year
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
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  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}},
}