Pre-ACT webinars

The Pre-ACT project (www.sintef.no/pre-act) will during the spring of 2020 arrange a series of webinars summarizing important findings from nearly three years of research on topics ranging from CO2 pre-injection modelling/experimental studies and novel monitoring concepts, to conformance verification strategies, decision making guidelines, and storage case studies in the North Sea. The webinars are open to all and include a Q&A, as an efficient means of communication in times of travel/event restrictions.

Details are available from this PDF file.

Capturing CO₂ from waste-to-energy discussed in UK Parliament

Last month, in the UK Parliament a debate was held concerning waste incineration facilities and issues of the relationship between the WtE sector and CO₂ emissions and CCS were raised. Read more here

Zero emissions with Hydrogen NOW!

On behalf of SINTEF and ELEGANCY a discussion was held in the European parliament on January 29 on how Europe’s energy system can be decarbonized via CCS and Hydrogen. Read an account of the event here and find the presentations here

Report on second Pre-ACT Stakeholder Meeting

The 2nd Pre-ACT Stakeholder meeting held on 10 October 2019 in Brussels was well attended by policy/law makers from the EC/European Parliament, industry (oil-gas companies), R&D institutes/universities, NGOs and ACT project partners. Read more here

New ACT2 projects selected for funding

Following a rigorous two stage evaluation process, twelve (12) projects submitted for the Second ACT call were selected by an independent international panel. The new ACT2 projects cover a wide range of the CCUS area. Read more here

DETECT Project Report -first results and insights

The project has made excellent progress in 2019 and is well on track to achieve all goals outlined in the proposal. Please read more here

Welcome to the 4th ACT Knowledge Sharing Workshop 2019, 6 November 2019, Athens, Greece

ACT is organizing the 4th Knowledge Sharing workshop in Athens 6 November 2019. The ACT projects are generating  results that could pave way for CCS deployment worldwide and the workshop will be an excellent opportunity to learn more about ACT and CCS.

More details, including the draft program are available in the attached brochure.

The value of ACT Mid-term review

The midterm review meeting for the ACT1 projects was held in the Netherlands on 11 and 12 June 2019. The meeting was a face to face evaluation moment for the large ACT granted projects (>3 M€ funding), Pre-ACT, Align-CCUS and Elegancy, after 18 months implementation. Read more here

2019 Balkan Clean Energy Transition Event (BCET), 19-22 September 2019, Kozani, Greece

Balkan Clean Energy Transition Conference and Fair is a four-day international event (19 - 22 September) covering Clean Energy topics such as renewables, energy efficiency, smart cities, circular economy, mobility, governance and citizen engagement, all of them leading the Balkan area throughout the coal transition. Read more here

Open consultation on CCUS projects: business models and re-use of oil and gas assets

The UK’s Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy is seeking views on emerging findings on potential business models and re-use of oil and gas assets for carbon capture, usage and storage (CCUS ) projects. Read more here and here.

News from the ACT2 Call for CCUS R&D Projects

The ACT Consortium received 26 proposals that have been independently evaluated and ranked by external CCUS experts. Based on this evaluation, the ACT Consortium notified 12 projects, with a combined budget of €31 million, that they were selected to move forward with award negotiations, which is to take place this summer. Read more here

UK´s Committee on Climate Change Reports

The Committee on Climate Change (the CCC) is an independent, statutory body established under the Climate Change Act 2008 providing advice to government on building a low-carbon economy and preparing for climate change. Read more about the CCC´s latest reports here

CCUS and Oil and Gas Technologies Integrated Review Meeting, August 26-30, 2019, USA Pittsburgh

This meeting will provide attendees with a chance to share in the knowledge and insights gained by more than 200 Department of Energy-sponsored research projects from the Department’s Carbon Capture, Utilization, Storage, and Oil and Natural Gas Programs. A mixture of plenary, multi-topic breakout, and interactive poster sessions will provide opportunities for discussion and collaboration on the subject research efforts, both domestic and international. Read more here

UK CCUS CEM Initiative Webinar: Progressing CCUS in the UK and Accelerating CCUS Globally

Panelists in this webinar detail the recent developments in CCUS and discuss the future landscape for CCUS in the UK and around the world. This webinar is now available on the Clean Energy Solutions Center Training for Carbon Capture Page as well as YouTube

Invitation to CCUS Mission Innovation Workshop in Trondheim, June 19-20, 2019

Mission Innovation Carbon Capture Challenge organises a workshop held back-to-back with the TCCS-10 Conference in Trondheim (June 17-19, 2019) to ensure continued progress in the direction of full-scale implementation and commercialization of CCUS technologies. Invitation and sign up details can be found here

CSLF Task Force Report on Improved Pore Space Utilisation

The Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum (CSLF) Technical Group’s Task Force was formed to investigate Improved Pore Space Utilisation. The mandate of the task force was to investigate the current status of techniques that have the potential to improve how well the capacity of reservoirs for CO2 storage are utilized. The Final Report from the task force on Improved Pore Space Utilisation has now been completed and can be found here

Video highlights of the Conference GHGT-14 held in Melbourne, Australia from October 22-25, 2018

The 4-day conference included 71 technical sessions, 7 panel discussions, over 350 oral presentations, and over 400 posters, and presented many opportunities for the CCUS community to discuss, connect and collaborate.Delegates also had the opportunity to visit the CO2CRC’s Otway National Research Center in Australia, where researcher sare conducting CO2 injection tests and associated monitoring and analysis studies.

Click here for video highlights

3D printed materials reduce the cost of CO2 capture systems

The 3D-CAPS project develops new 3D-printed materials that will strongly reduce the size of equipment for removal and recovery of CO2 from industrial gases using two promising new adsorption-based technologies with an inherent small energy footprint. Read more here

News from the 2nd stage of the 2nd ACT Call 2018

Twenty six proposals were received for the second stage of the ACT second call, which closed on 1 March 2019. Read more

UK CCUS Initiative Webinar, 14 March 2019– 9:00 a.m. EDT (UTC-4)

In support of a new initiative launched at the Ninth Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM9), the Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS) Initiative, you are invited to join the United Kingdom (UK) for the webinar “Progressing CCUS in the UK and Accelerating CCUS Globally: The UK CCUS Action Plan and Outcomes from the Global CCUS Summit”. Read more here