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Learning lessons on carbon storage

Carbon capture and storage demonstration projects are focused on learning about technologies through conventional 'learning by doing'. Analysis of three case studies indicates that including other types of learning could bring significant rewards.

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Figure 1: A sign in a window in Mattoon, Illinois expressing support for the campaign to locate the FutureGen carbon capture and storage demonstration plant in the town.

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Reiner, D. Learning lessons on carbon storage. Nature Clim Change 1, 96–98 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate1103

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