Carbon capture, storage and Usage; European Overview

1. www.ecn.nl
Carbon capture, storage and
Usage; European Overview
Daniel Jansen
DECAFF
WG 5 convener CEN II
Abu Dhabi
8 November 2016

3. Except for the Sleipner/Gudrun and Snøhvit projects
in Norway, CCS has not yet taken off in Europe.
Status CCUS in Europe

4. • The lack of a business case for operating a CCS installation,
• Problems with public acceptance for onshore storage of CO2
• The lack of a transport infrastructure
• Concerns about longer‐term liability
• However Europe supported the introduction of CCUS with:
– Economic Recovery Programme (EEPR) 1 B€ with the ongoing project ROAD
– European Emission Trading Scheme (NER 300 - White Rose project award decision of up
to 300 M€). In April 2016 partners in White Rose have begun the process of winding down the operations of
Capture Power Limited with an eventual closing of the business. This was related to the UK government’s decision to end
the Carbon Capture and Storage commercialisation competition.
– CCS Demonstration Project Network (Knowledge sharing network)
– CCS Directive (under revision)
– R&D Funding: FP7, H2020 Research areas:
Capture, Transport, Storage, Utilisation, Public acceptance
– Set Plan
The main reasons CCUS did not take off
Source:
https://setis.ec.europa.
eu/newsroom/news/ag
reement-reached-set-
plan-action-9
15-10-2016
Source
Dr. Vassilios
KOUGIONAS
DG Research &
Innovation

5. Europa; MS position towards CCS
Source: EERA

6. • The Energy Union strategy adopted by the European Commission is
built on the ambition to achieve, in a cost-effective way, a
fundamental transformation of Europe's energy system low carbon
system.
• The SET plan is has been set up to support this transformation
• In the SET Plan 10 priority actions have been identified in order to
step up the efforts to bring new, efficient and cost-competitive low-
carbon technologies faster to the market and deliver the energy
transition in a cost-competitive way.
• Action 9 concerns CCUS:
Strategic Energy Technology (SET)
Plan; Position of CCUS
Source:
https://setis.ec.eur
opa.eu/newsroom/
news/agreement-
reached-set-plan-
action-9
15-0-2016

7. • Renewing efforts to demonstrate carbon capture and storage (CCS) in the
EU and developing sustainable solutions for carbon capture and use (CCU);
– Enhanced efforts by Member States, in the implementation of large-scale integrated chain CCS
demonstration projects in both power and industrial sectors
– At the EU level, apart from the support planned under Horizon 2020, future CCS projects may be
able to benefit from the proposed Innovation Fund (NER 400’ to support highly innovative, low-carbon
first-of-a-kind projects) and the Modernisation Fund, to support modernisation of energy systems in
10 lower-income Member States.
– Research and innovation should support carbon and energy intensive industries to explore the
feasibility of CCS, focusing primarily on sectors with high-purity sources of CO2 to minimise capture
costs. CCU options, such as transforming CO2 into fuels, chemicals and material, could further
improve the economic case for CCS.
SET Plan Issues Paper Action 9 (CCUS)
Source: SET Plan
Issues Paper no.9

8. Year 2020
• At least one commercial‐scale, whole chain CCS project operating in the
power sector;
• At least one commercial‐scale CCS project linked to an industrial CO2 source,
having completed a FEED study;
• At least 1 active Project of Common European Interest for CO2 transport
infrastructure, for example related to storage in the North Sea;
• An up‐to‐date and detailed inventory of the most suitable and cost‐effective
geological storage capacity (based on an agreed methodology), identified
and accepted by various national authorities in Europe;
• At least 3 new pilots on promising new technologies for the production of
fuels, value added chemicals and/or other products from captured CO2
Agreed specific targets for CCUS
in the SET Plan
Source: SET Plan
Issues paper Nr 9

9. Agreed specific targets for CCUS in
SET Plan
Source: SET Plan
Issues paper Nr 9
• At least 3 pilots on promising new capture technologies, and
at least one to test the potential of sustainable Bio‐CCS at TRL
6‐7;
• At least 3 new CO2 storage pilots in preparation or operating
in different settings;
• Setup of 1 Important Project of Common European Interest
(IPCEI) for demonstration of different aspects of industrial
CCU, possibly in the form of Industrial Symbiosis.
• SET Plan countries having completed, if appropriate in
regional cooperation with other MS, feasibility studies on
applying CCS to a set of clusters of major industrial and other
CO2 sources by 2025‐2030, if applicable involving cooperation
across borders for transporting and storing CO2 (at least 5
clusters in different regions of the EU);

10. • New approach to international cooperation (EU interests will be protected
better) but all calls are open to international participants.
On going projects: (https://ec.europa.eu/inea/en/horizon-2020/h2020-energy/projects-
by-field/carbon-capture-and-storage):
– CEMCAP: CO2 capture from cement production, Coordinator: SINTEF
(https://www.sintef.no/projectweb/cemcap/)
– STEPWISE: SEWGS Technology Platform for cost effective CO2 reduction in the Iron and
Steel Industry, Coordinator: ECN (www.stepwise.eu)
– GATEWAY: Developing a pilot case aimed at establishing a European infrastructure
project for CO2 transport, Coordinator: SINTEF
(https://www.sintef.no/projectweb/gateway/)
CCS Projects

11. – LEILAC: Low Emissions Intensity Lime And Cement, Coordinator: Calix Europe Ltd
(http://www.project-leilac.eu)
– STEMM-CCS: Strategies for Environmental Monitoring of Marine Carbon Capture and
Storage, Coordinator:NOC-NERC (http://www.stemm-ccs.eu/)
– Steelanol: Production of biofuels through an innovative gas fermentation process
using exhaust gases emitted by the steel industry, Coordinator: Arcelormittal Belgium
(http://www.steelanol.eu/en)
– StoreAndGo: Integrate Power-to-Gas technology into the future European energy
system, Coordinator DVGW German Technical and Scientific Association for Gas and
Water (http://www.storeandgo.info/)
CCS project and CCUS

12. • ECCSEL is a (not-for-profit) European research
infrastructure consortium supported by the European
Commission.
• ECCSEL comprises facilities from 9 countries
representing a world-class research infrastructure
based within leading European CCS institutions and
knowledge centers.
• ECCSEL facilitates the development of technological
marketable solutions from laboratory research scale
to industrial facilities and promotes international
collaboration between universities, research
institutes and industry.
• ECCSEL will enable high-ranking researchers and
scientists from all regions of Europe (and from third
countries) to access research facilities to conduct
advanced technological research actions relevant to
CCS.
European Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage
laboratory Infrastructure

13. • Under the ERA-NET scheme,
national and regional authorities
identify research programmes they
wish to coordinate or open up
mutually.
• The participants in these actions
are therefore programme 'owners'
(typically ministries or regional
authorities defining research
programmes).
• ACT is an ERA-NET co-fund
initiative on CCS
European Research Area Network
ACT: Accelerating CCS Technologies

14. NO RCN (coordinator) 3 M€
NO Gassnova 3 M€
DE FZJ/PtJ 6 M€
NL RVO 4 M€
CH DETEC 4 M€
UK DECC (4M£) 5.5 M€
RO UEFISCDI 1 M€
TR TUBITAK 2 M€
ES MINECO 0.35 M €
GR CERTH 0
EC contribution 12.8 M€
Total budget for projects, 1st call: 41.2 M€ ,
Call is now closed and 20 projects are selected for stage 2
Accelerating CCS Technologies

15. • EERA is the public research pillar of the EU SET-Plan.
• Through Joint Programmes (JP) EERA contributes to make sure that the
billions of euros invested in low carbon technologies each year are spent
on the best possible solutions available.
• The EERA JPs are aligned with the priorities for low carbon technologies
defined in the SET-Plan.
• The CCS JP is coordinating both national and European R&I programmes to
maximise synergies, facilitate knowledge sharing and deliver economies of
scale to accelerate the development of CCS.

16. Sub-programme 1:
CO2 capture, coordinated by Sven van der Gijp (TNO), sven.vandergijp@tno.nl
– Four areas: Post-combustion, Pre-combustion, Oxyfuel capture and Cross-cutting issues
Sub-programme 2:
CO2 storage, coordinated by Jonathan Pearce (BGS), jmpe@bgs.ac.uk
– Three areas: Monitoring, Static modelling and Dynamic modelling
Sub-programme 3: Transport, coordinated by Julia Race, University of Strathclyde,
julia.race@strath.ac.uk
– Three areas: CO2 pipeline transport and integrity, Shipping of CO2 and Cross-cutting
issues in CO2 transport systems (e.g. benchmarking and risk assessment)
EERA CCS

17. STEPWISE

18. • The overall objective of is to make an inventory of
opportunities for collaboration between GCC and the EU.
• Opportunities
– European Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage laboratory Infrastructure
(ECCSEL)
– ERA-NET ACT
– EERA CCS
– On going HORIZON 2020 CCUS projects focus on capture of industrial
CO2 sources i.e. Steel and Cement, CO2 infrastructure and Monitoring
Marin CCS
Recap: Objective of this meeting

19. • CCS has not yet taken off in Europe despite all efforts the
last decade
• However, to realise the target for GHG of -40% CCUS is
inevitable
• The EU is renewing efforts to demonstrate CCS and
developing sustainable solutions for CCU
• Action 9 of the SET Plan gives specific targets for CCUS in
Europa by the year 2030
• Horizon 2020 calls are open to international participants
i.e. GCC.
Summary