The document summarizes the European Commission's policy on supporting research and innovation in carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) technologies. It outlines the Commission's goals of achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 through switching to renewable energy and fully decarbonizing carbon-intensive industries using CCUS. The Commission plans to fund CCUS demonstration projects through Horizon Europe and support the deployment of CCUS through various policy tools and funding mechanisms.

1. Research
and
Innovation
RESEARCH&
INNOVATION
PROGRAMME 2021 – 27
THE EU
European Commission Policy Update on
Research and Innovation on CCUS
Dr Vassilios Kougionas
European Commission
DG Research and Innovation
Unit: Clean Energy Transition

2. • In line with the EU’s goal of net-zero GHG emissions by 2050
switching of fossil fuel energy to renewable and zero carbon
energy is necessary as this represents roughly three quarters of
the EU emissions of CO2.
• This transition needs to take place without hampering the
environment but also without reducing the availability and
affordability of energy for all its users.
• The remaining carbon and energy-intensive industries need to be
fully decarbonised through CCUS. Low-carbon hydrogen with
CCUS for an interim period with an objective of fully green
hydrogen in the longer run

3. Increased ambition (2030): Zero or very low carbon
technologies need to be developed and tested at scale
in this decade
Long-term perspective (2050): Climate neutrality
• CCS will be required to
reduce emissions, to
decarbonize industrial
processes and remaining
fossil fuels (power sector,
industry.
• CCS combined with
biomass (BECCS) or direct
air capture (DACCS) and
storage: required to
generate net carbon
removals if we are to
achieve climate neutrality
• Storage in materials (long-
lived) is also seen as an
option
• CCU to fuels in some
scenarios
Source: Scenario Analysis Results for CCUS, Vision for a Clean
Planet by 2050

4. EU policy tools for CCS and CCU
• The EU Climate Law, Fit for 55 package, Energy System Integration
Strategy and Hydrogen Strategy
• REPowerEU
• Trans-European Energy Networks (TEN-E, CO2 storage included)
• Sustainable taxonomy (CCS is included)
• CCS Directive
• EU ETS
• EC Communication "Sustainable Carbon Cycles”, EC will propose an EU
regulatory framework for the certification of carbon removals by end 2022
• Horizon Europe, Innovation Fund, Connecting Europe Facility
• NewGenerationEU – European recovery budget
• Strategic Energy Technology (SET) Plan: Implementation Working Group
CCUS, New Research and innovation targets

5. Carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS)
• CCUS will play crucial role in Horizon Europe/EU Green Deal in
particular for the transition of energy-intensive industries and the
power sector towards climate neutrality
• Particularly important in those industries where other alternatives do
not yet exist
• If CCUS combined with sustainable biomass, it could create negative
emissions
• Low carbon hydrogen from natural gas with CCUS in transitional
phase towards H2 from renewable sources
• CCUS for industrial clusters
• Demonstration of the full CCUS chain
• Conversion of captured CO2 to useful products

6. Expected Impacts generated by CCUS R&I (1)
• Accelerated rollout of infrastructure, in particular for CCUS hubs and
clusters.
• Continuing knowledge and best practice sharing activities, in
particular on connecting industrial CO2 sources with potential
bankable storage sites and installations using CO2, providing greater
confidence for decision makers and investors.
• Proven feasibility of integrating CO2 capture, CO2 storage and CO2
use in industrial facilities and to maximize the efforts to close the
carbon cycle. Demonstrating these technologies at industrial scale
should pave the way for subsequent first-of-a-kind industrial
projects.

7. • Reduced cost of the CCUS value chain, with CO2 capture being still the most
relevant stumbling block for a wider application of CCUS. Develop
innovative technology for CO2 conversion to reduce the need for pre-
concentration and/or purification.
• Adequate frameworks for Measurement, Monitoring and Verification (MMV)
for storage and use projects, to document safe storage and for public
acceptance of the technology.
• Further research in DACCS and BECCS as CO2 capture technologies in
combination with CO2 storage in order to develop cost-effective carbon
removals in view of achieving the net zero targets.
• Assess the environmental impacts and risks, in the short, medium and long
term, of CCUS technologies.
Expected Impacts by CCUS R&I (2)

8. Integration of CCUS in hubs and clusters, including knowledge sharing
activities (2021)
o Total indicative budget 2 Mio €, Coordination and Support Action (CSA)
o The successful project to continue the activities of the existing European
CCUS project network.
o 1 new project will start in 2022
Cost reduction of CO2 capture – new or improved technologies (2021)
o Total indicative budget 30 Mio €, Research and Innovation Action (TRL 6)
o Pilot demonstration of advanced CO2 capture technologies with high
potential for increasing capture rates and efficiency, while reducing
energy penalty and improving cost-efficiency of the whole capture
process
o 2 new projects will start in 2022
CCUS Topics in the Horizon Europe WP 2021-2022

9. Decarbonizing industry with CCUS (2022)
o Total indicative budget 58 Mio €, Innovation Action (TRL 7-8)
o Safe and economic demonstration of integrated-chain CCUS from
relevant industrial sources to pave the way for subsequent first-of-a-
kind industrial projects.
o 2 new projects are expected to be selected.
CCUS in the Horizon Europe WP 2023-2024
Topics are in preparation in consultation with member states on CCUS and
CDR including CO2 transport, utilization and storage and DACCS and
BECCS.
CCUS Topics in the Horizon Europe WP 2022

10. • Sources consulted, among others (CCUS technologies):
• Project portfolios funded under previous EU Framework Programmes
• European Technologies and Innovation Platform Zero Emission Power
(ZEP ETIP )
• Strategic Energy Technology Plan (SET Plan) Implementation Working
Group 9 on CCUS
• European Energy Research Alliance
CCUS – Input to EC

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• European Technology and
Innovation Platform under the
SET-Plan
• Adviser to the European Union
on the deployment of CCS and
CCU
• Broad membership base
• Coordination with other
initiatives on national, European
and international level
• Good cooperation with Member
State governments
Zero Emissions Platform

12. CCUS SET-PLAN – ACCELERATING THE TRANSITION
Accelerate the transition through greater coordination
– EU, national, industrial and academic research
• CCUS SET-Plan Chairs: the Netherlands, Norway, ZEP
• All parts of CCUS value chain, including low-carbon
hydrogen and carbon dioxide removals
• Updated CCUS targets: 50 MtCO2/yr abated by CCS in 2030
• The 2020s crucial for the development of CCS and CCU –
urgency to deploy at scale
• CCUS Roadmap 2030 – What will be needed: policy,
business models, R&D&I to make this happen
www.ccus-setplan.eu

13. UPDATED SET-PLAN CCUS 2030 TARGETS
www.ccus-setplan.eu
15 commercial-scale CCS
projects linked to
industrial CO2 sources, 10
having completed a FEED
study and 5 having made
an investment decision
At least 3 pilots of capture
technologies at TRL 7-8 in
different industrial
applications, and 6 pilots
at TRL 5-6
10 commercial-scale CCS
projects operating in the
power sector
At least 6 new CO2 storage
sites in preparation or
operating in different
settings. 9 more sites to be
appraised by 2030
SET-Plan countries
completed national and
regional CCS roadmaps for
the development of
dedicated CO2 transport
infrastructure
Several demonstration
installations producing
CO2-based fuels, chemicals
and materials by 2030
At least 10 EU Project of
Common Interest (PCI) for
CO2 transport
infrastructure
First large scale CCU
commercial installations
enabled by supportive
regulatory framework and
financial measures at
national and EU level
An up-to-date and detailed
inventory of the most
suitable and cost-effective
geological storage capacity
in Europe
All EU countries identified
the need for CCS/CCU as
part of their strategy for
their transition towards
net-zero by 2050
1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8 9 10
50 Mtpa abated by CCS in 2030

14. Production and use of
Renewable energy
including manufacturing plants for
components
Carbon Capture Use and
Storage
Energy-intensive
industries
including substitute products
Energy storage
including manufacturing plants for
components
Scaling up clean tech
Innovation Fund

15. • 1st call: Four CCUS projects awarded BE, SE, FR, FI
• 2nd call closed in March 2022 – results in July €1.5 billion
• 3rd call in Q4 2022 (REPowerEU: €3 billion specific financing

16. Innovation Fund grants of € 1145 million for
seven first-of-a-kind projects
• Carbon capture from hydrogen, ammonia and ethylene oxide
production and storage in North Sea, innovative shipping
Kairos-at-C - Port of Antwerp
(BE)
• Bio-energy carbon capture at a combined heat and power plant and
storage in North Sea – negative emissions
BECCS Stockholm (SE)
• CCUS at cement plant with storage in North Sea and carbon use for
concrete production
K6 (FR)
• Green hydrogen from water electrolysis and blue hydrogen with
CCS, storage in North Sea
SHARC (FI)
• Hydrogen-based direct reduction for steelmaking, including
electrolyser
Hybrit (SE)
• Bio-based methanol from municipal waste
ECOPLANTA (ES)
• Bifacial heterojunction photovoltaic cells production at GW scale
TANGO (IT)

18. •
Projects of common interest
5th list published on 19 November 2021
• Infrastructure to facilitate large-scale capture, transport and
storage of CO2 from Rotterdam, Antwerp and the North Sea Port
CO2 TransPorts
• Commercial CO2 cross-border transport connection project
between several European capture initiatives and a storage site on
the Norwegian continental shelf
Northern lights
• Infrastructure to transport CO2 from industrial areas in the
Netherlands
Athos
• Cross-border CO2 transport and storage project (intake from
emitters in the hinterland of Rotterdam harbour area and storage to
location on the Dutch continental shelf)
Aramis
• Multimodal HUB in Dunkirk (emitters from the industrial cluster in
the area with storage in the North Sea)
Dartagnan
• Emitters from the industrial cluster in the area around Gdansk to
storage in the North Sea
Poland – EU CCS
Interconnector

19. Innovation Fund boost
6th PCI list with storage eligible - Q4 2023
New studies on the CO2 transport and storage
infrastructure – 2023
Work on CCUS industrial partnership and a vision
document - 2023
CCS stakeholders will meet regularly at the CCUS
Forum
Carbon removals certification proposal – 2022
Industry step up
Next steps key for CCUS

21. Clean Energy Transition Partnership (CETP)
• The CETP aims to empower the energy transition and contribute
from a R&I perspective to the EU’s goal of becoming the first
climate-neutral continent by 2050.
• CETP builds on SET plan implementation working groups and on
the energy relevant ERA-NETs
• The activities of ACT ERA-NET initiative on CCUS will be
continued under the Transition Initiative 3 from CETP
partnership.
• The opening of the call is expected to be in September 2022.
• The CETP grant agreement has a fixed starting date 1 May 2022

22. A short update on ACT
Funding agencies from 16 countries (regions, and provinces are
collaborating on calls and knowledge sharing within CCUS
www.act-ccs.eu
• Alberta (Canada)
• USA
• Denmark
• France
• Germany
• Greece
• Italy
• Spain
• Switzerland
• Turkey
• UK
• India
• The Netherlands
• Norway
• Nordic countries
• Romania

23. The CDR Mission: Objective
“Enable CDR technologies to achieve a net reduction of 100
million metric tons of CO2 per year globally by 2030.”

24. The CDR Mission: Scope
• Technological CDR approaches, including:
• Direct Air Capture (DAC)
• Biomass with carbon removal and storage (BiCRS)
• Enhanced mineralization
• Emphasis on secure CO2 storage and conversion into long-lived products.

25. The CDR Mission: Activities
1. Methodologies for lifecycle analyses (LCAs) and technoeconomic
analyses (TEAs)
2. RD&D for lower TRL CDR technologies
3. Lessons learned from first-generation CDR projects and business
models

26. The CDR Mission: Coalition
Co-leads
Canada
Saudi Arabia
United States
Members
Australia
European Commission
India
Japan
Norway
+ Ongoing engagement with industry, innovators, academia

27. The CDR Mission: Next Steps
1. Innovation Roadmap
2. Mission Action Plan
3. Co-design projects with members and partners

28. Next Events
• Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum (CSLF)Technical Group Mid-Year
Meeting, 27 June, Bergen Norway
• CDR Workshop, 28 June, Bergen Norway
• 2022 Clean Energy Ministerial and Ministerial for Mission Innovation,
Pittsburgh, USA, Sep 22 - Sep 23

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