World Energy Resources | 2016

WORLD ENERGY COUNCIL | WORLD ENERGY RESOUR CES 2016
confidence and trust in the safety and security of CO2 storage sites 41 . Successful
stakeholder engagement should be an essential component of all CCS project planning and
execution. Several projects, at a variety of scales, have used innovative approaches and
established best practices to gain support for CO2 storage (both onshore and offshore) from
local communities and other stakeholders. Successful examples include Decatur (Illinois),
Quest (Alberta), Peterhead (UK), Tomakomai (Japan), Aquistore (Saskatchewan), Otway
(Australia) and Lacq (France). A common feature of these public engagement ‘success
stories’ was a concerted effort to build a solid understanding and level of trust between the
project developers and influential and impacted stakeholders at the very earliest stages of
project planning, through the establishment of open, honest communication and
engagement.
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An overview of the importance of the use of best practice public engagement and communication and
education tools in CCS project development is found in Global CCS Institute (2013) Global Status of CCS
2013, Melbourne.
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