CarbonNet storage site characterisation and selection process
Global CCS Institute - Day 2 - Keynote - CCS in Australia
1. KEYNOTE PRESENTATIONS
CCS PROGRESS IN CANADA: Dr Carmen Dybwad – IPAC-CO2
CCUS IN THE UNITED STATES: Judi Greenwald – C2ES
CCS IN AUSTRALIA: Dick Wells – National CCS Council
2. Carbon, Capture and Storage
in Australia
Dick Wells
Chair, Australian National CCS Council
GCCSI International Members Meeting - Calgary, Canada - 11 October 2012
3. Australia’s fossil fuel reliance
CCS is the only technology currently available which can
significantly reduce emissions from fossil fuels.
Australia’s electricity generation by
Australia’s Emissions Profile: energy source, 2009-10:
Source: 2009 emissions from the National Source: BREE 2012, Energy in Australia 2012.
Greenhouse Gas Inventory 2011, DCCEE analysis.
4. Australia’s Emissions Targets and
the Clean Energy Future Plan
Australia has committed to reducing emissions by:
5% below 2000 levels by 2020; and
80% below 2000 levels by 2050 (proposed)
5. Electricity Generation Mix
(Australian Treasury Core Policy Scenario)
Source: Commonwealth of Australia (2011) ‘Strong Growth, Low Pollution: Modelling a Carbon Price’.
6. Australian CCS Progress
Legislative
Certainty
Knowledge-
Sharing Storage
Community
Acceptance
Stakeholder R&D
Engagement
Project
Demonstration
and Financing
7. Australian CCS Achievements
Project
Demonstration • CCS Flagship projects
• Large scale pilot and small scale
demonstration projects
Storage
• Storage exploration activities
Legislative
Certainty
• First GHG injection tenement
R&D
• CO2 pipeline standard study
8. Australian CCS Achievements
Community • CCS Public Awareness Raising
Acceptance
and Communication Strategy
Financing
• Finance Working Group
Knowledge-
Sharing
• Council submissions to raise the
profile of CCS
Stakeholder
Engagement
10. CCS Projects in Australia
Source: CO2CRC 2012, CCS Activity in Australia
11. South West Hub Project
Initial stage of proving up
geological storage:
• Seismic modelling
• Drilling stratigraphic well
• Legislation and JV
12. South West Hub Project
2010-2012: proving up storage
2012-2015: pipeline development
(Kwinana to Lesueur)
Post 2015: pipeline development
(Lesueur to Perdaman)
13. CarbonNet Project
• Location: brown coal and a large electricity generation hub.
• 3 million tonnes of CO2 a year
• Currently in prefeasibility stage with exploration activities
being undertaken.
Geological model
of the Gippsland Basin
14. Otway Project
• Demonstration project in
Victoria by the CO2CRC
• Stage 1: Over 65,000 tonnes
CO2 successfully injected
into a depleted gas reservoir
• Stage 2: Experiments are
almost complete for CO2
storage in saline formations
16. Callide Project
Stage 1 on track: retrofitting oxy-fuel
technology to an existing power plant.
17 000 tonnes
CO2
17. Challenges for CCS Deployment in
Australia
• Understanding storage capacity
• Reducing capital and operating costs
• Developing multi-user transport networks and
hubs.
• Creating a nationally consistent regulatory
frameworks
• Ensuring community acceptance
• Extending CCS to gas-fired power generation,
LNG-processing and large-scale industrial