CO2CRC’s Geo-sequestration Progress
The Co-operative Research Centre for Greenhouse Gas Technologies (CO2CRC) is the world-class Australian research group finding practical solutions to reduce greenhouse gas emission into the atmosphere using the technologies of carbon capture and geological storage (CCS). The recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change or IPCC report provided convincing evidence that human activities are very likely to be responsible for global warming. A separate IPCC Special report on Carbon Capture and Storage outlines the important place CCS will play in addressing greenhouse gas reductions if we are to continue the use of fossil fuels into the future. The challenge is a demanding one and a full suite of reduction measures, such as energy efficiency, fuel switching, renewables, CCS and others will be necessary to achieve deep cuts in global emissions.
Cost reduction in capture is the major driver in delivering commercial technologies through CCS and the inclusion of economic modelling is core to driving CO2CRC’s research efforts. These efforts in carbon capture include development of absorption, adsorption and membrane techniques, to name a few, from laboratory experimentation and on to industrial implementation at a pilot scale for both pre-combustion and post-combustion scenarios.
Success in carbon storage includes implementation of the most comprehensive pilot project (over $36 million) in the world to test at a commercial scale, the storage and monitoring of concentrated carbon dioxide deep underground in geological formation.
This presentation covers all aspects of the CO2CRC’s program and the key features that will be required to allow commercialisation of geo-sequestration.