Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is vital for for achieving net zero.

In 2018, IChemE's Energy Centre asked a group of experts to explore the technical, commercial and policy situation for CCS globally and identify challenges and opportunities for chemical engineers in making the largescale deployment of CCS a commercial reality.

Project objectives

The aim of the project was to explore the status of CCS at the time and set out how policymakers, investors, and industry could overcome  blocks to commercial deployment of CCS.

Outputs

The main output of the project was a report A Chemical Engineering Perspective on the Challenges and Opportunities of Delivering Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) at Commercial Scale.

Project completion

The report was published in April 2018. It suggested that successful widespread commercial deployment was dependent on reducing the overall process costs and more equitable sharing of the risks between potential stakeholders, which would increase investor confidence and lead to new and cheaper sources of funding for CCS.

We would like to thank all the volunteers for their contribution to the report.

More information

If you would like to know more about this project, please email energy@icheme.org.