International cooperation on CO2 capture and storage
How can green energy be used to capture industrial CO2-emissions on a large scale? And what can you do with it? How do local communities benefit? An international consortium led by New Energy Coalition and the University of Groningen will answer these questions in the European innovation project ConsenCUS – Carbon neutral clusters through electricity-based innovations in Capture, Utilisation and Storage.
Industrial and academic partners from the Netherlands, Denmark, the United Kingdom, Romania, Greece, China and Canada have joined forces to develop electrochemical CO2 to enable global emission reductions. Over €13 million in European funds and private investments, recently awarded, will enable the scaling up of technical innovations and socio-economic research. A mobile demonstration plant will be built that will capture up to 100 kg of CO22-clusters offer for the local economy, geology and residents will be studied.
International cooperation for an international challenge
Several crucial European industries emit CO2 as part of their production process (e.g. cement, magnesia or refinery). To achieve the European climate goals, this CO 2must be captured and used or stored (known as CCUS). So far, CCUS is only happening in a few places worldwide, and often involves using additional fossil fuels for the boilers that burn the CO2-absorbent material recycling. The ConsenCUS consortium aims to enable these processes with (green) electricity, so that they can be more sustainable and even climate-neutral. In addition, this Innovation Action will design so-called CO2-clusters enabling regional businesses, governments and citizens to make smart investments in shared infrastructure - such as pipelines or locations for temporary CO2 storage - in order to safely achieve a net-zero carbon environment.
Our role
Within ConsenCUS is New Energy Coalition responsible for the day-to-day management of the project, collecting and disseminating knowledge from its network through workshops and courses, and drafting policy advice for industry and governments on CO2 capture, use and storage.
About ConsenCUS
ConsenCUS is a four-year international Innovation Action under the EU's Horizon 2020 programme. It investigates how electrochemically driven innovations in the field of CO2 Capture and conversion can be combined with safe transport and/or storage through economically viable networks and clusters, with specific attention to the interaction of local communities with technological developments.
The consortium consists of the University of Groningen, New Energy Coalition, Wetsus, Coval Energy (NL), Technical University of Denmark, Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, Danish Gas Technology Centre, Aalborg Portland (DK), Heriot-Watt University, Robert Gordon University, OGTC Ltd, British Geological Survey (UK), Center for Research and Technology Hellas, Grecian Magnesite (GR), OMV Petrom, Energy Policy Group (RO), Zhejiang University, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (CN) and University of Calgary (CA).
Disclaimer
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 101022484. This page reflects the views only of the author, and the European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA), under the powers delegated to it by the European Commission, is not responsible for any use that may be made of the information it contains.
