The UK Government wants to hear from CCUS operators and policy experts as it explores non-pipeline transport (NPT) value chains and cross-border CO2 transport and storage networks.
The wide-ranging ‘call for evidence’ follows the Climate Change Committee stating that CCUS will be essential to meeting the UK’s 2050 Net Zero target.
NPT will allow capture projects outside of CCUS industrial clusters or in clusters without direct access to a pipeline to take their carbon dioxide (CO2) to an offshore store.
The CCUS Vision also acknowledges the role that cross-border CO2 transport and storage networks can play, maximising the opportunities presented by the UK’s potentially vast offshore storage capacity.
The call for evidence is particularly targeting:
- Those developing and intending to use CO2non-pipeline transport routes within the UK
- Those developing or intending to develop cross-border CO2networks (via NPT or pipeline)
- UK CO2transport and storage network developers and infrastructure providers
- Supply chain companies, trade bodies, academics, and prospective investors.
Evidence submissions can be made here
In March, Carbon Tracker warned the UK Government’s CCUS strategy is based on optimistic techno-economic assumptions that are now ‘outdated and unrealistic’.
This strategy risks locking consumers into a high-cost, fossil-based future, despite cleaner and cheaper alternatives being available, it stated.
CCUS should be developed fully with industry cooperation and implemented as a national priority, according to the British Chamber of Commerce.
In a green innovation paper, Building Sustainable Futures for UK Businesses, CCUS was highlighted as one of five key recommendations.
Technology specialist CGG has formed a carbon capture and storage (CCS) alliance with Baker Hughes in a bid to actively support low-carbon markets with new technologies (click here).
