- - Smart Grids
- - Off-Grid Access to Electricity
- - Carbon Capture
- - Sustainable Biofuels
- - Converting Sunlight
- - Clean Energy Materials
- - Affordable Heating & Cooling of Buildings
The goal of the Carbon Capture IC, which is led by the USA and Saudi Arabia, is to identify Priority Research Directions (PRDs) that will lead to breakthrough technologies. This workshop covers three major themes centred on carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS). The workshop focuses on identifying breakthrough low technology readiness level (TRL) research directions, i.e. TRLs 1-3/4, that are needed to achieve long-term technologies for CCUS.
The product of the workshop is a report that will be issued. The report has two high level purposes:
- Inspire the global research community to develop breakthrough research concepts.
- Convince the general readership, including governmental policy and funding decision makers, that these research directions are critical to meeting future global energy needs.
- CO2 capture
- Sorbents and looping systems
- Membranes
- Combustion and other technologies
- CO2 utilization
- Electrochemical and photochemical conversion of CO2
- CO2 conversion to solid carbonates
- Biological conversion of CO2
- CO2 storage
- Monitoring, verification and performance metrics
- Forecasting and managing induced seismicity
- Well diagnostics
- Crosscut
A total of 33 PRDs were identified and described by the teams. These will be written up into the final report.
At the workshop, IEAGHG input directly to the "Crosscut" and "CO2 storage: Monitoring, verification and performance metrics" panels. We look forward to seeing and using the results of the workshop.
Tim Dixon and Jasmin Kemper