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Gassnova has been given a very tall order by the Norwegian society:		http://www.gassnova.no/en/about-gassnova, http://www.gassnova.no/no/om-gassnova	Gassnova has been given a very tall order by the Norwegian society:	Photo: Helge Hansen	We must contribute to the solutions enabling CO2 to be captured and stored, so humanity does not render the planet uninhabitable for future generations.
Gassnova must facilitate broad-based technology development and maturation,		http://www.gassnova.no/en/the-climit-programme, http://www.gassnova.no/en/the-climit-programme	Gassnova must facilitate broad-based technology development and maturation,	Photo: Styrk Fjærtoft Trondsen	and thus contribute to reducing costs and risks for capture and storage of CO2. Furthermore, Gassnova must follow-up the state’s CCS projects, safeguarding the authorities’ interests and functioning as an adviser.
Gassnova must contribute to finding solutions		http://www.gassnova.no/en/Projects, http://www.gassnova.no/en	Gassnova must contribute to finding solutions	Photo: Styrk Fjærtoft Trondsen	that facilitate application and use of technologies for capture and storage of CO2, and thus making CCS an effective climate measure.

The CLIMIT programme is looking for ground-breaking CCS ideas		http://www.gassnova.no/en/Pages/The-CLIMIT-programme-is-looking-for-ground-breaking-CCS-ideas.aspx	The CLIMIT programme is looking for ground-breaking CCS ideas	2014-03-10T13:02:12Z	Technology development continues to progress despite last autumn’s cancellation of the Mongstad full-scale capture facility. The budgets for research, development and demonstration of new CCS technology have increased in 2014.
This week's most important CCS news		http://www.gassnova.no/en/Pages/This-week's-most-important-CCS-news.aspx	This week's most important CCS news	2014-03-05T19:25:47Z	Read a summary of international news stories on CCS published during the past week.
Gassnova and CLIMIT launch new websites		http://www.gassnova.no/en/Pages/Gassnova-and-CLIMIT-launch-new-websites.aspx	Gassnova and CLIMIT launch new websites	2014-01-13T12:28:36Z	Welcome to our new websites featuring a new design and fresh content! Our ambition is to make these Norway's most comprehensive websites on the topic of CO2 capture and storage.
Gassnova invited to extraordinary parliamentary hearing		http://www.gassnova.no/en/Pages/Gassnova-invited-to-extraordinary-parliamentary-hearing.aspx	Gassnova invited to extraordinary parliamentary hearing	2014-01-13T12:20:01Z	The Storting's Standing Committee on Scrutiny and Constitutional Affairs will hold an extraordinary parliamentary hearing on 20 and 23 January regarding the Office of the Auditor General's investigation of the State's work on CCS.
Highlights in CLIMIT 2013		http://www.gassnova.no/en/Pages/Highlights-in-CLIMIT-2013.aspx	Highlights in CLIMIT 2013	2014-01-05T10:32:04Z	The projects in the CLIMIT programme are advancing the technology for capture, transport and storage of CO2. There is a clear shift in the international direction. The CLIMIT budget will increase by NOK 30 million to NOK 200 million next year.

International news

Most countries in the world have adopted the UN’s goal to limit global warming to 2 degrees Celsius.

80% of the world’s energy production is currently based on fossil fuels.

Without capture and storage of CO2, it is estimated that investments in the energy sector will increase by 40 per cent towards 2050.

Without capture and storage of CO2, two-thirds of known fossil energy reserves must remain in the ground in order to achieve the two-degree goal.

The Government and Storting have the goal of establishing a full-scale CCS plant by 2020.

The Technology Centre at Mongstad is unique in a global context and is the only test centre in the world to test industrial-scale carbon capture from gas power plants.

The laboratory associated with the CO2 Technology Centre Mongstad gathers a vast volume of data from more than 4000 measuring points and tests about 100 manual samples each day.

On a global basis, there were 65 active large-scale CCS projects in maturity stages ranging from feasibility studies to operative plants in October 2013.

On a global basis, there were 20 CCS projects with plants in operation or under construction in October 2013.

The CLIMIT research programme allocated about NOK 1 billion to projects during 2005-2012 that will help hasten the application of CCS as a global climate measure.

The Norwegian part of the North Sea can store as much as 70 billion tonnes of CO2, which corresponds to the entire world’s emissions for two years.

CCS is considered the third most important climate measure, after energy conservation and renewable energy.