What will CCS demonstrations demonstrate?

Great hopes and urgency now attach to carbon capture and storage (CCS). The technology faces a phase of large-scale demonstrations, and scrutiny of these will be intense. It is crucial for all concerned to have a good understanding of what we can – and should not – expect, from such demonstrations. This paper sets out an agenda of research for this task. It draws together insights from the examination of technology demonstrations in the interdisciplinary field of Science and Technology Studies – into the complex relations between demonstration, other elements of the system of innovation, and the wider context;

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