Carbon capture technologies remove CO2 emissions from power generation and industries such as iron & steel, fertilizer, cement, chemicals, and refining, as well as enabling at scale low-carbon hydrogen production.
Carbon capture can also be used to remove CO2 from the atmosphere either through sustainable bioenergy with CCS (BECCS) or with Direct Air Capture and Storage (DACS). Removing CO2 from the atmosphere with CCS is one of the main options for greenhouse gas removal, which will be critical to achieve net zero.
Quest CCS Facility, Canada
The Quest CCS project captures one million tonnes of CO2 per year from the production of low-carbon hydrogen at the Quest facility in Alberta, Canada. The CO2 is then injected and stored over 2km underground.
shell.caThe CO2 is then transported via pipelines or ship to a geological storage site or utilisation facility. The development of CCUS clusters - multiple industries sharing CO2 transport and storage infrastructure - is critical to achieving net zero emissions in industrial regions.
Northern Lights Project, Norway
The Northern Lights project is a full-scale CCS proposal which aims to capture CO2 from industrial facilities around Europe and use shipping to transport the CO2 to a storage terminal in Norway, where the CO2 is then injected to a storage site 3km below the seabed.
northernlightsccs.euCaptured CO2 can also be used for a variety of industrial purposes, such as the production of synthetic fuel and low-carbon building materials, or in the food and drinks industry. However, CO2 utilisation will only be able to address a small proportion of the CO2 required to reach climate targets.
Carbon8, France
The Carbon8 CO2ntainer system at Vicat Group’s cement plant in Montalieu, France, uses captured CO2 from the cement plant waste gases combined with waste cement dust to create building aggregates.
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