| dc.description.abstract | This thesis explores drivers and barriers to implementing carbon capture and storage in
the waste to energy industry, and how this transformation is affected by contextual
factors and preconditions. Additionally, it explores the role and strategy of actors
involved in the transition. It has an emphasis on place-based factors.
The study identified climate action, financing schemes and new business models that
cover capital expenses and operational expenses, as well as learning outcomes as the
primary drivers for CCS in WtE.
At the same time, capital expenses and operational expenses were identified as primary
financial barriers, requiring policies enabling a negative emission market and adjusting
the CO2 emission tariff for the sector to enable profitability of CCS in WtE. Space
limitations and issues of heat integration were also major barriers.
Actors worked through networks to influence national politics, and to overcome placebased
barriers.
The findings provide empirical examples of regime alignment, triple embeddedness
mediation, and highlight technical and physical challenges to implementing CCS in WtE.
Finally, geography was conveyed through an emphasis on place-based factors, which
showed a variance between the cases.
At the general level, the findings of this thesis highlight the challenges of transforming
hard-to-abate industries with CCS, and what measures actors involved are employing to
increase the successfulness of these projects. | |
