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A March 2011 report, [http://www.globalccsinstitute.com/resources/publications/global-status-ccs-2010 "The Global Status of CCS: 2010"] by the Global CCS Institute (GCSSI) showed that more than one-fifth of large-scale integrated CCS projects were delayed or cancelled globally in 2010. The GCCSI identified 77 large-scale integrated CCS projects (LSIPs) in various stages of development across the globe in 2010, but also found that a further 22 projects were delayed or cancelled during the year. The report notes a variety of reasons for the setbacks, including uncertain conditions in national economies and downscaling at utilities which had planned to include CCS in new-build power stations.<ref name=cn>[http://www.commodities-now.com/reports/power-and-energy/5327-one-fifth-of-large-ccs-projects-halted-in-2010-report.html "One fifth of large CCS projects halted in 2010: report"] Commodities Now, March 9, 2011.</ref>

Europe had 13 of the delayed or cancelled projects. According to the report: “There has been strong resistance to onshore storage in countries such as Germany and the Netherlands and, to a certain extent, in Denmark and Poland." Some of the cancelled Dutch projects included the [[Rotterdam Capture Storage and Demonstration Project]] to store 2 million tons of [[CO2]], [[Shell's Barendrecht Carbon Capture and Storage Project]], which aimed to store 10 million tonnes from the nearby Pernis oil refinery, and Shell's joint project with [[Essent]] to store carbon from a 1,000 MW power plant. <ref name=cn/>

In the UK, plans for CCS at [[RWE npower]]’s [[Tilbury Power Station]] and [[E.ON UK]]’s [[Kingsnorth Power Station]] have also been delayed. Three more projects were delayed or cancelled in Norway, as were a further two in Denmark and one each in Germany, Finland and the Czech Republic. Despite the cancellations, the report said Europe has a remaining 21 LSIPs in development, though these are progressing slower than those in the US. The European commission is holding a contest for around €4.5 billion in funding for CCS and [[renewable energy]] financed from the sale of 300 million EU allowances.<ref name=cn/>

North America had the highest number of active LSIPs with 31 in the US and eight in Canada. Their progress, the report noted, is partly due to opportunities for enhanced oil recovery, a method of producing oil from conventional oil reservoirs, involves injecting CO2 underground to create pressure in the reservoir, which pushes the oil up to the surface more easily. <ref name=cn/>

Throughout the rest of the world, Australia is host to six LSIPs and China to five, while there were no LSIPs identified in key emitting countries such as Japan, India and Russia, the report added.<ref name=cn/>