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A great briefing on the challenges facing #CCS pipeline infrastructure by EnerKnol. I’ve been a broken record on this for years, but the CCS tech bros are overly obsessed with the ‘C’ and have a huge blind spot when it comes to dealing with the CO2 gas once you’ve captured it. There’s a missing ‘D’ in the acronym (Delivery) — it should be CCDS. There is a huge lift needed to compress, chill, and deliver CO2 to its final storage destination. We can’t repurpose old pipelines for this.. it’s high-tech. This is one of many reasons why the One Earth climate model does not incorporate CCS. It’s simply not economically viable at any scale, and I’m afraid a lot of investors are going to realize too late that it’s just another boondoggle peddled by FF interests. (I should mention however, we’re cautiously optimistic about #CCU). https://lnkd.in/eFWMmCWG

Many questions surround the role of #CCS (Carbon capture and sequestration) in the #netzero future. For CCS to be a widely accepted solution, there are several hurdles to overcome such as, - Infrastructure needed to transport and sequester large quantities of CO2 - Who pays for the infrastructure? - #Permitting for CO2 pipelines (especially across states) - What happens to the infrastructure after the wells fill up? With the questions above, kickstarting #CCSeconomy has become challenging. The map below (courtesy of S&P global) is quite encouraging. It summarizes all the Class VI well permit applications in the US. Many of these are awaiting approvals, however, it is good to see clusters of sequestration sites forming around mid-west, Louisiana and Texas areas. The benefits of such clusters are that, at least at a local scale CCS economy could get kicked off and many of the hurdles I mentioned above could possibly be avoided. This will help CCS to play a role in #decarbonization in the near term, while its role in the longer-term as a widely applicable solution is better understood. Article link: https://lnkd.in/eMMxpe_Z

I realize over the last few months that I continue to highlight the value of carbon capture on gas turbine power plants and the important role it plays in a decarbonized future, but not everyone is familiar with this technology. I invite you to watch the following video from my good friend Lisa Berry to learn more about how carbon capture works with a gas powered combined-cycle power plant. https://lnkd.in/eTReuSMA #CarbonCapture #FutureOfEnergy #CCS #CCUS #EnergyTransition #Decarbonization #GEVernova #GasPower

Carbon capture and storage and direct air capture are two distinct methods - and one is significantly cheaper. Kudos to S&P Global for this handy breakdown of the difference, reinforcing the value that CCS holds in our transition to cleaner hydrogen. #BlueHydrogen #CarbonCapture #EnergyTransition

It is great to see cycle 4 of the OGCI (Oil and Gas Climate Initiative) CO2 Storage Resource Catalogue being released, with support from the IOGP Europe. This work is lead by the CCUS Workstreams Storage Working Group and lead by Sylvain Thibeau with involvement of many member companies. This cycled focused on the UK, EU and other countries boarding the Mediterranean (Austria, France, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Germany, Republic of Ireland, Czech Republic, Greece, Romania, Croatia, Hungary, Spain, Cyprus, Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark Norway, Finland, Poland plus Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt, Turkey, Israel, Lebanon, Libya, Morrocco, Syria) The CO2 Storage Resource Catalogue is an independent assessment of the maturity of geologic CO2 storage evaluations worldwide now covering 54 countries. The methodology closely follows the definitions of the Storage Resource Management Scheme (SRMS) developed by the Society of Petroleum Engineers International. The evaluated geologic formations are assigned to different SRMS maturity classes following the methodology summarised in the classification flowchart and report. The SRMS is a project-based classification scheme. The majority of resource evaluations that totalled over 14,000 Gt included in the Catalogue are not project-based and hence non-commercial categories of the SRMS scheme remain dominant. This translates into already stored quantity of 0.052 Gt, a commercial capacity of 1.7 Gt, with 625 Gt sub-commerical and finally and pointing to the need for more pre-commercial resources to be dedicated to storage research a 13,434 Gt of “undiscovered” resources. These findings highlight the critical need for the CCUS industry to link capture to storage and describe the project-specific requirements (infrastructure, number of penetrations) to deliver a specific storage resource among a few other key factors that you can find by reading the report. New data is welcome to be submitted to keep the catalogue evergreen.

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is there a future where gas networks might be repurposed to transport hydrogen instead? It definitely seems to be a cheaper and more feasible option than building an entire infrastructure from scratch, already providing the scale needed for transporting hydrogen thousands of miles. To find out more, we spoke to Jorgo Chatzimarkakis from Hydrogen Europe  and Werner Ponikwar from Linde . Click to hear their thoughts in Discovering #Hydrogen 👉 https://bit.ly/3zFR1e9 #HydrogenInfrastructure #Decarbonization #EnergyTransition #Sustainability #Hydrogen

Carbon dioxide capture and storage (CCS) involves separating CO2 from emission sources, transporting it, and storing it to prevent its release into the atmosphere. The three main capture technologies are postcombustion capture, integrated gasification combined cycle, and oxyfuel, but they come with higher generation costs and energy penalties. Current research aims to reduce costs across these technologies. Realistically, CCS is most feasible for large point-source emitters like power stations and natural gas plants, coupled with geological storage. Carbonlocked Technologies Incorporated can play a crucial role in this technology by offering innovative solutions to store captured CO2 safely and cost-effectively for centuries. By employing advanced geological storage techniques and ensuring long-term isolation from the atmosphere, Carbonlocked can provide a reliable and environmentally sound solution for CCS projects. Additionally, Carbonlocked's expertise in minimizing energy penalties and optimizing capture processes can further enhance the efficiency and affordability of CCS implementations, making them more attractive for widespread adoption. #carbon #capture #CO2 #Environmental

❗ Interesting article from Bloomberg this morning about the upcoming #IndustrialCarbonManagementStrategy 🎯 These are the objectives that we can expect to see in the final text: - Capture at least 100 million tonnes of fossil and biogenic CO2 annually by 2050 within the power sector - Capture between 100 million to 200 million tonnes of CO2 through direct air capture technologies to generate removal credits - Use direct air capture, carbon storage and capture for use in synthetic products or fuels as main methods of CO2 capture - Map theoretical geological storage facilities in Member States, to then potentially turn them into bankable CO2 storage capacities - Promote investments and social acceptability around CO2 capture to upscale CCS projects ✍ CCS Europe is looking forward to see the final text by the European Commission on 6 February! 🗒 Read the full article here! https://lnkd.in/epYGZhkZ   #CCS #nonetzerowithoutCCS #Industrialcarbonmanagementstrategy

🌈 Introducing the H2 Richardson Rainbow the only Hydrogen Rainbow that matters! (p.s. its not actually a rainbow) We need to stop giving #Hydrogen colours, I believe it detracts from what matters and that is the #carbon intensity of the Hydrogen. We should aim to move away from high emission production methods, which the vast majority is produced from today, towards to low carbon production methods. Caveat: the points shown are not fixed in stone and I appreciate there are ranges for all production methods. #H2richardsonrainbow