HR: 1400h
AN: GC23A-08    [Abstracts]
TI: Pilot Studies of Geologic and Terrestrial Carbon Sequestration in the Big Sky Region, USA, and Opportunities for Commercial Scale Deployment of New Technologies
AU: * Waggoner, L A
EM: lwaggoner@montana.edu
AF: Big Sky Carbon Sequestration Partnership: Montana State University, PO BOX 172460, Bozeman, MT 59715, United States
AU: Capalbo, S M
EM: scapalbo@montana.edu
AF: Big Sky Carbon Sequestration Partnership: Montana State University, PO BOX 172460, Bozeman, MT 59715, United States
AU: Talbott, J
EM: john.talbott@montana.edu
AF: Big Sky Carbon Sequestration Partnership: Montana State University, PO BOX 172460, Bozeman, MT 59715, United States
AB: Within the Big Sky region, including Montana, Idaho, South Dakota, Wyoming and the Pacific Northwest, industry is developing new coal-fired power plants using the abundant coal and other fossil-based resources. Of crucial importance to future development programs are robust carbon mitigation plans that include a technical and economic assessment of regional carbon sequestration opportunities. The objective of the Big Sky Carbon Sequestration Partnership (BSCSP) is to promote the development of a regional framework and infrastructure required to validate and deploy carbon sequestration technologies. Initial work compiled sources and potential sinks for carbon dioxide (CO₂) in the Big Sky Region and developed the online Carbon Atlas. Current efforts couple geologic and terrestrial field validation tests with market assessments, economic analysis and regulatory and public outreach. The primary geological efforts are in the demonstration of carbon storage in mafic/basalt formations, a geology not yet well characterized but with significant long-term storage potential in the region and other parts of the world; and in the Madison Formation, a large carbonate aquifer in Wyoming and Montana. Terrestrial sequestration relies on management practices and technologies to remove atmospheric CO₂ to storage in trees, plants, and soil. This indirect sequestration method can be implemented today and is on the front-line of voluntary, market-based approaches to reduce CO₂ emissions. Details of pilot projects are presented including: new technologies, challenges and successes of projects and potential for commercial-scale deployment.
UR: http:www.bigskyco2.org
DE: 1616 Climate variability (1635, 3305, 3309, 4215, 4513)
DE: 4806 Carbon cycling (0428)
DE: 6334 Regional planning (1880)
DE: 6615 Legislation and regulations (6324)
DE: 8094 Instruments and techniques
SC: Global Climate Change [GC]
MN: 2007 Joint Assembly