{"id":2248,"date":"2022-04-13T11:54:02","date_gmt":"2022-04-13T11:54:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatetransform.com\/?p=2248"},"modified":"2022-04-19T07:13:07","modified_gmt":"2022-04-19T07:13:07","slug":"ccus-in-2021-the-latest-on-carbon-capture-storage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatetransform.com\/ccus-in-2021-the-latest-on-carbon-capture-storage\/","title":{"rendered":"CCUS in 2021: The Latest on Carbon Capture &#038; Storage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) technology is not yet widely adopted around the world. But, a growing number of scientists, engineers and entrepreneurs say that in 2021, carbon capture technologies will \u201cexplode\u201d in popularity and adoption.<span id='easy-footnote-1-2248' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/climatetransform.com\/ccus-in-2021-the-latest-on-carbon-capture-storage\/#easy-footnote-bottom-1-2248' title='&lt;\/span&gt;Blackmon, D. (2021). &lt;i&gt;Elon And Exxon Agree: Carbon Capture Is Set To Explode In 2021&lt;\/i&gt;. [online] Forbes. Available at: https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/davidblackmon\/2021\/02\/04\/elon-musk-and-exxon-agree-ccsu-is-set-to-explode-in-2021\/ [Accessed 18 Mar. 2021].'><sup>1<\/sup><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Support for CCUS technology in 2021<\/h2>\n<p>The world pumps over 36 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide into the air every year.<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span id='easy-footnote-2-2248' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/climatetransform.com\/ccus-in-2021-the-latest-on-carbon-capture-storage\/#easy-footnote-bottom-2-2248' title='&lt;\/span&gt;Ritchie, H. and Roser, M. (2017). &lt;i&gt;CO2 emissions&lt;\/i&gt;. [online] Our World in Data. Available at: https:\/\/ourworldindata.org\/co2-emissions.&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;'><sup>2<\/sup><\/a><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Reducing these emissions will take time. Therefore, a temporary solution, such as carbon capture, may be necessary.<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span id='easy-footnote-3-2248' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/climatetransform.com\/ccus-in-2021-the-latest-on-carbon-capture-storage\/#easy-footnote-bottom-3-2248' title='&lt;\/span&gt;the Guardian. (2021). &lt;i&gt;Carbon capture is vital to meeting climate goals, scientists tell green critics&lt;\/i&gt;. [online] Available at: https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2021\/jan\/16\/carbon-capture-vital-meeting-climate-goals-scientists-cut-emissions.&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;'><sup>3<\/sup><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In late January 2021, a group of engineers criticised green groups for dismissing <a href=\"https:\/\/climatetransform.com\/carbon-capture-utilisation-and-storage-effects-on-climate-change\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">carbon capture<\/a> schemes as costly mistakes. \u201cCarbon capture and storage is going to be the only effective way we have in the short term to prevent our steel industry, cement manufacture and many other processes from continuing to pour emissions into the atmosphere\u201d, said Professor Stuart Haszeldine of Edinburgh University.<span id='easy-footnote-4-2248' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/climatetransform.com\/ccus-in-2021-the-latest-on-carbon-capture-storage\/#easy-footnote-bottom-4-2248' title='&lt;\/span&gt;the Guardian. (2021). &lt;i&gt;Carbon capture is vital to meeting climate goals, scientists tell green critics&lt;\/i&gt;. [online] Available at: https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2021\/jan\/16\/carbon-capture-vital-meeting-climate-goals-scientists-cut-emissions.&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;'><sup>4<\/sup><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Trapping and storing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from fossil power generation and steel and cement factories is \u201cneeded urgently\u201d, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2021\/03\/1086312\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a UN report in March 2021<\/a>. Large-scale deployment of CCUS would allow countries to decarbonise quicker, the report indicated. That would bridge the gap until next-generation carbon energy technologies become available. But, CCUS technology is not yet widely implemented \u2013 nor cheap enough \u2013 for widespread adoption.<span id='easy-footnote-5-2248' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/climatetransform.com\/ccus-in-2021-the-latest-on-carbon-capture-storage\/#easy-footnote-bottom-5-2248' title='&lt;\/span&gt;UN News. (2021). &lt;i&gt;UN report calls for scaling-up carbon capture, use and storage&lt;\/i&gt;. [online] Available at: https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2021\/03\/1086312 [Accessed 18 Mar. 2021].'><sup>5<\/sup><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Elon Musk&#8217;s support for CCUS<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Support for CCUS comes from technologists and entrepreneurs too.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In January, Tesla founder Elon Musk announced that he would donate USD $100 million as a prize for the most efficient way to capture carbon from the air.<span id='easy-footnote-6-2248' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/climatetransform.com\/ccus-in-2021-the-latest-on-carbon-capture-storage\/#easy-footnote-bottom-6-2248' title='&lt;\/span&gt;the Guardian. (2021). &lt;i&gt;Elon Musk pledges $100m to carbon capture contest&lt;\/i&gt;. [online] Available at: https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2021\/feb\/08\/elon-musk-pledges-100m-to-carbon-capture-contest.'><sup>6<\/sup><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<h2>\u200c\u200cWhy is carbon capture criticised?<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In January 2021, a report by Global Witness and Friends of the Earth Scotland said that <a href=\"https:\/\/climatetransform.com\/carbon-capture-utilisation-and-storage-effects-on-climate-change\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CCUS technology<\/a> has a \u201chistory of over-promising and under-delivering\u201d. They said it would not make \u201ca meaningful contribution to 2030 climate targets\u201d and wanted priority for clean energy plants instead.<span id='easy-footnote-7-2248' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/climatetransform.com\/ccus-in-2021-the-latest-on-carbon-capture-storage\/#easy-footnote-bottom-7-2248' title='&lt;\/span&gt;the Guardian. (2021). &lt;i&gt;Carbon capture is vital to meeting climate goals, scientists tell green critics&lt;\/i&gt;. [online] Available at: https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2021\/jan\/16\/carbon-capture-vital-meeting-climate-goals-scientists-cut-emissions.'><sup>7<\/sup><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Currently, there are only 19 facilities worldwide that capture carbon before it is released into the air. Out of 36 billion tonnes of CO2 emitted, CCUS facilities only capture around 40 million tonnes every year. This is a drop in the ocean. But the International Energy Agency says CCUS will &#8220;need to form a key pillar of efforts&#8221; for the world&#8217;s &#8220;path to net-zero emissions&#8221;. But just new CCUS facilities are being built around the world, according to plans announced in the past five years.<span id='easy-footnote-8-2248' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/climatetransform.com\/ccus-in-2021-the-latest-on-carbon-capture-storage\/#easy-footnote-bottom-8-2248' title='IEA. (n.d.). &lt;i&gt;CCUS in Industry and Transformation \u2013 Analysis&lt;\/i&gt;. [online] Available at: https:\/\/www.iea.org\/reports\/ccus-in-industry-and-transformation.'><sup>8<\/sup><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>There is no doubt that 2021 has seen a renewed focus on carbon capture technology. Now it has to prove itself.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) technology is not yet widely adopted around the world. But, a growing number of scientists, engineers and entrepreneurs say that in 2021, carbon capture technologies will \u201cexplode\u201d in popularity and adoption. 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