1. Key priorities for CCS discussed at the forum include developing frameworks to understand the interplay between CCS technologies and markets, screening new sorbents and solvents for CO2 capture, and de-risking CO2 storage infrastructure.
2. Standards need to be established for evaluating new CO2 capture processes, and utilizing CO2 via enhanced oil recovery can help develop transportation infrastructure in the near-term.
3. Meeting long-term climate targets requires supporting CCS research and deploying the technology, as options like BECCS rely on a mature CCS industry. Funding is urgently needed to progress CCS deployment.
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Progressing CCS - From source to use: the role of fossil fuels in delivering a sustainable energy future. Presented by Jon Gibbins at the UNECE Committee on Sustainable Energy, Geneva, 19-20 November 2014
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Presentation (with Jemma Williams) at the Australia New Zealand Society for Ecological Economics, Australian National University, Canberra, 11-14 November, 2013
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By Steven Fries, Chief Economist at DECC
Presented at 'Staying on Target: Securing the UK's Energy Future in Challenging Times'; an event organised by the UK Energy Research Centre, on Wednesday 30 April 2014, 14.00-19.00, in London, United Kingdom.
The Political Economy of Renewable Energy Generation in AustraliaJeremy Williams
Presentation (with Jemma Williams) at the Australia New Zealand Society for Ecological Economics, Australian National University, Canberra, 11-14 November, 2013
Georg Erdmann, Prof. for Energy System at the Berlin University of Technology WEC Italia
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Key energy transition technologies are reliant on the mining sector, including solar PV, wind and battery storage, and demand for these commodities is on an upwards trajectory; there are opportunities for investors to can identify challenges and bring solutions to the industry
By Prof Pete Smith, University of Aberdeen
Presented at 'UK Energy System in Transition: Technology, Infrastructure and Investment'; an event organised by the UK Energy Research Centre, ClimateXChange and the Edinburgh Centre for Carbon Innovation, on Tuesday 1 April 2014, 14.00-17.00, in Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
Professor Sir David King at the Bristol Festival Of IdeasJames Barlow
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Why Sustainable Severn - Johnny Gowdy, Regen - Sustainable Severn Forum 2017Sustainable Severn
Sustainable Severn Forum - 27th April 2017.
As the Bristol Channel and Severn Estuary become the focus for new energy including tidal lagoons and Hinckley C, the estuary is entering a period of radical change.
Building on the themes from the previous two forums of energy, environment and economy, this conference will consider how we can deliver new energy projects in balance with the environment and the economy. www.sustainablesevern.co.uk
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By Prof Jim Watson, UKERC
Presented at Energy Systems Conference organised by the Energy Institute and Elsevier, on 24-25 June 2014, in London, United Kingdom.
Presentation by Dr. Chris Skinner, Director Product Platforms, Owens Corning, at CAMX on October 16, 2014.
Future market options for alternative energy – wind, geothermal, solar, ocean/tidal, flywheel technology, battery technology, and biofuels – are a growing area of interest for composites and advanced materials businesses. Knowing how to determine which source provides the most promise for composites applications, navigating the regulatory issues, and determining what design, materials, and manufacturing issues should be kept top of mind are discussed during this session.
By Prof Jim Watson, UKERC
Presented at 'Staying on Target: Securing the UK's Energy Future in Challenging Times'; an event organised by the UK Energy Research Centre, on Wednesday 30 April 2014, 14.00-19.00, in London, United Kingdom.
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Georg Erdmann, Prof. for Energy System at the Berlin University of Technology WEC Italia
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By Prof Pete Smith, University of Aberdeen
Presented at 'UK Energy System in Transition: Technology, Infrastructure and Investment'; an event organised by the UK Energy Research Centre, ClimateXChange and the Edinburgh Centre for Carbon Innovation, on Tuesday 1 April 2014, 14.00-17.00, in Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
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Why Sustainable Severn - Johnny Gowdy, Regen - Sustainable Severn Forum 2017Sustainable Severn
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As the Bristol Channel and Severn Estuary become the focus for new energy including tidal lagoons and Hinckley C, the estuary is entering a period of radical change.
Building on the themes from the previous two forums of energy, environment and economy, this conference will consider how we can deliver new energy projects in balance with the environment and the economy. www.sustainablesevern.co.uk
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By Prof Jim Watson, UKERC
Presented at Energy Systems Conference organised by the Energy Institute and Elsevier, on 24-25 June 2014, in London, United Kingdom.
Presentation by Dr. Chris Skinner, Director Product Platforms, Owens Corning, at CAMX on October 16, 2014.
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Webinar: The Global Status of CCS: 2014 - Overcoming challenges in EuropeGlobal CCS Institute
The Global CCS Institute was pleased to announce the release of our annual Global Status of CCS: 2014 report, and invite you to join the Institute’s Europe, Middle East and Africa Team for a webinar summarising the main themes of the report.
The Institute’s General Manager for the region, Andrew Purvis, presented a summary of the report, and was then joined by a number of our subject matter experts to discuss issues raised during the presentation by our global and regional audience.
Chairman: John Scowcroft, Executive Adviser/ UNFCCC Specialist
Presentation: Andrew Purvis, General Manager
Expert Panel:
Kirsty Anderson: Public Engagement
Silvia Vaghi: Policy and Regulation
Guido Magneschi: Capture
Chris Consoli: Storage
The report provides a detailed overview of the current status of CCS projects worldwide and provides a comprehensive overview of global and regional developments in CCS technologies and the policies, laws and regulations that must drive the demonstration and deployment of technologies to support global climate mitigation efforts.
Providing a number of key recommendations for decision makers, The Global Status of CCS: 2014 report is an important reference guide for industry, government, research bodies and the broader community.
Webinar: Global Status of CCS: 2014 - Driving development in the Asia Pacific Global CCS Institute
The Global CCS Institute launched The Global Status of CCS: 2014 report on 5 November 2014.
2014 has been a pivotal year for CCS as it is now a reality in the power industry. The Global Status of CCS: 2014 report provides a comprehensive overview of global and regional developments in CCS technologies and the policies, laws and regulations that must drive the demonstration and deployment of technologies to support global climate mitigation efforts.
Clare Penrose, the Institute's General Manager - Asia Pacific presented a summary of the report and discuss the key recommendations, an important reference for decision makers for the year ahead.
Ms Penrose was joined by the Institute’s subject matter experts who were available to answer questions:
Chris Consoli: CO2 Storage
Ian Havercroft: CCS Laws and Regulations
Lawrence Irlam: CCS Policy and Economics
Jessica Morton: CCS Public Engagement
Tony Zhang: CO2 Capture
This presentation, on the future of CCS, was delivered by Jon Gibbins, Director, UKCCSRC and Ciara O'Connor, Network Manager, UKCCSRC on Day 2 of the CCPilot100+ Conference at the University of Leeds.
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The IPCC uses a very specific language when it comes to expressing the degree of uncertainty or agreement for each statement in the fifth assessment report. For an overview of the specific meaning of each qualifier, you can read the relevant section in our summary of the Working Group I report.
On 28 October UKCCSRC Director Jon Gibbins and ECR member Rudra Kapila spoke at a meeting with the University of Edinburgh 'Engineers Without Borders' group. This focused on CCS applications in developing countries, where Rudra's practical experience of CCS engagement in India and wider climate negotiations was particularly relevant. While CCS was a somewhat unusual topic for EWB the shared concerns about dangerous climate change made for a very interesting discussion.
Institute’s Americas office launches The Global Status of CCS: 2016 at the Cl...Global CCS Institute
On 15 November 2016, the Global CCS Institute’s Americas office held the Clean energy solutions symposium: What is the Future of Carbon Capture? at the National Press Club, Washington, DC.
The Institute’s General Manager for the Americas, Jeff Erikson, launched The Global Status of CCS: 2016 report by presenting to the audience the highlights from the report and discussing the significant milestones achieved in the past year in the world of CCS. Erikson’s presentation was followed by an expert panel discussion on the future of clean energy, with focus on carbon capture and storage (CCS).
CCS Forum Report - Summary report - July 2016 with FSC
1. Key areas for discussion
Power sector and flexible CCS
Industrial CCS
The role of new sorbent materials
Negative emissions technologies
CO2
transport
CO2
storage, utilisation and
conversion
The Future of CCS
The world’s population is expected to exceed nine billion by 2050, a figure that will undoubtedly increase demand for
energy. Currently fossil fuels provide more than 85% of the world’s energy. Despite significant global efforts to shift
to renewable energy generation, renewable sources only accounted for 2% of the global energy supply in 2014. It is
therefore logical to assume that fossil fuels will remain an indispensable part of the world’s energy landscape until at
least the end of this century.
In signing the Paris Agreement the world reached a decision to limit global warming to 2o
C, with the ambition of
capping this at 1.5o
C. To do this atmospheric CO2
concentrations must be stabilised. This means that we must act now
to decarbonise our electricity production; and carbon capture and storage (CCS) is a readily deployable technology
solution to achieve this.
To meet the world’s global warming limit, it is expected that we need to store 120-160 Gigatonnes of carbon dioxide
(GtCO2
) from now until 2050. Globally there is a theoretical storage capacity of approximately 11,000 Gt of CO2
with
1,000 GtCO2
provided by oil and gas reservoirs, 9,000-10,000 GtCO2 provided by deep saline aquifers and a significant
potential capacity in unminable coal seams. If we choose to sequester 120-160 GtCO2
by 2050 there is more than
enough storage capacity to do so, and enough for our CCS needs to be met well beyond the next century.
Translating major research findings to the market often takes many years, and developing a systematic procedure for the
acceleration of the transition of academic research to pilot- and demonstration-scales is essential for CCS.
An IChemE Energy Centre Green Paper
It is vital that the near-term (2030) targets do not prohibit medium (2050) or long-term plans. Roadmaps must employ
a whole-systems approach incorporating existing power sources, green energy sources, industrial plants, and carbon
capture, transport and de-risked storage infrastructure. The balance of the components will evolve as the process of
decarbonisation takes place across many decades.
Climate change is estimated to cause enormous direct costs due to changing weather patterns and crop yields. These
global financial losses will vastly exceed the costs of implementing CCS. The deployment of CO2
capture, transport and
storage infrastructure will support the creation of new, high skills STEM jobs, directly contributing to the health of the
global economy.
To limit global warming to the 1.5o
C degree limit CCS deployment must be progressed as an urgent priority, this will
require proactive support from governments around the world. We have the ability to deploy CCS technology today,
and in so doing, take a major step forwards to the least-cost mitigation of dangerous climate change.
2. Acknowledgements
This paper is based on the CCS Forum Report which was developed at the three-day CCS Forum which hosted delegates from academia, industry and
government (listed in Report) to discuss the future of CCS. The Forum was supported by the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Royal Society of
Chemistry, Imperial College London and IChemE Energy Centre.
The IChemE Energy Centre is grateful to all those who spared the time to attend the CCS Forum and share their expert opinion, and those who peer
reviewed the Report. The Report was written by collating evidence given during the Forum by Solomon Brown at University of Sheffield, Kyra Sedransk
Campbell at Imperial College London, Greeshma Gadikot at Princeton University, Alexandra Howe at the Institution of Chemical Engineers, and led by
Niall Mac Dowell at Imperial College London.
To continue the conversation you can engage with us through:
email: energycentre@icheme.org
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1. Creation of a computational framework to understand the dynamic interplay between scientific
and technological advancements, their impacts on the power markets, and the broader
socio-economic consequences of deploying CCS.
2. Development of a methodology to rapidly screen new solvents and sorbents for CO2
capture
based on molecular level information, and provide process level cost and performance
information.
3. Appropriate benchmarks must be identified and universally adopted for the successful
development of new processes for CCS. We recommend the use of the Cansolv technology as
a new standard against which progress with sorbent development should be compared.
4. CO2
storage infrastructure must be de-risked around the world via exploration and
characterisation of suitable geological structures. This is more urgent than the development of
new capture technologies.
5. CO2
utilisation via Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) is mature, and has the potential to provide a
near-term, market-driven pull for the deployment of CO2
transport infrastructure. However, EOR is
not a panacea and can lead to the net emission of CO2
.
6. The environmental impact of products derived from CO2
will be very small compared to the
level of CO2
that is needed to be stored as part of climate change mitigation. However, using
CO2
can reduce the environmental footprint of existing chemical processes.
7. The impact of CCS must focus on the £/MWh, rather than efficiency improvements at the cost
of increased CAPEX. Materials with accelerated rates of heat and mass transfer are essential.
8. The cost of power generation or industrial processes must be decoupled from CO2
capture and
the CO2
transport infrastructure. Initial project costs are significantly inflated relative to the
potential for the subsequent cost reduction once infrastructure costs are shared.
9. The role of electricity markets in the development of CCS technologies needs to be carefully
evaluated, with particular attention paid to the way in which CCS power plants will interact with
the electricity markets.
10. It is vital that meeting near-term targets does not come at the expense of long-term targets.
Meeting the Paris Agreement depends on using bioenergy with CCS (BECCS), this cannot be
implemented without a mature and established CCS industry.
To meet targets outlined in the Paris Agreement funds must be made available to support the research needs of
CCS. It is imperative that funding for CCS is progressed towards deployment.
Priorities for CCS