23 May 2018

Novel carbon capture and utilisation technologies

Carbon capture and utilisation may be part of a circular economy scheme where carbon atoms are recycled and reused indefinitely over a long time scale. However, it is neither an indispensable element, nor is it sufficient to contribute significantly to mitigating the effects of climate change.

CCU technologies aim to extract carbon dioxide from either concentrated sources or directly from ambient air, and then use it as a raw material for carbon-containing products, such as fuels, chemical products, and building materials. The Evidence Review Report explores whether CCU technologies have the potential to contribute significantly to mitigating the effects of climate change and identifies a need for innovation in policy domains, and from systemic and technology perspectives.

The key conclusions of the SAPEA Evidence Review Report are:

Measures, regulations and incentives should be used to examine the energy system (including CCU) in a holistic, integrated, coordinated and transparent manner.
A systemic approach is required when evaluating the energy system and CCU systems, and further development is needed in stakeholder awareness and consistency of definitions.
Key technological challenges must be tackled in the areas of collection and purification of CO2 from different sources, synthesis of green-hydrogen and technologies for carbon dioxide conversion to fuels and chemicals.

Evidence from SAPEA

Recommendations from the Group of Chief Scientific Advisors

Other resources

Scoping paper

Working group members

Robert Schlögl
chair

Professor
Fritz-Haber-Institute
Personal profile

Marco Mazzotti
co-chair

Professor
ETH Zürich
Personal profile

Carlos Abanades

Professor
Spanish Research Council
Personal profile

Michele Aresta

Professor
CIRCC, University of Bari
Personal profile

Adisa Azapagic

Professor
University of Manchester
Personal profile

Edd Anders Blekkan

Professor
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Personal profile

Thibault Cantat

Associate Researcher
CEA
Personal profile

Gabriele Centi

Professor
University of Messina
Personal profile

Neven Duic

Professor
University of Zagreb
Personal profile

Aïcha El Khamlichi

ADEME
Personal profile

Graham Hutchings

Professor
Cardiff University
Personal profile

Unni Olsbye

Professor
University of Oslo
Personal profile

Hrvoje Mijulcic
Invited contributor

Research assistant
University of Zagreb
Personal profile

Events

SAPEA at Science For Policy expert debate

SAPEA was presented at the expert panel debate Science for policy: a European perspective, organised by the Academia Europaea Cardiff Knowledge Hub at Swansea University (Wales) on 4 September 2018.

Carbon capture and utilisation (CCU) event at ESOF in Toulouse, France - 11 July 2018

As part of the Euro Science Open Forum 2018, the Scientific Advice Mechanism presented its newly published Evidence Review Report and Scientific Opinion. This session has been jointly organised by SAPEA and the SAM unit on 11 July as part of the Science Programme.

Conference on Carbon Capture and Utilisation Technologies in Ljubljana, Slovenia

The Slovenian Academy of Engineering in cooperation with the Slovenian Institute for Chemistry is organising a conference titled: Carbon Capture and Utilisation Technologies: Research and Climate Aspects.

Novel carbon capture and utilisation technologies event in Amsterdam, the Netherlands

In this public symposium, speakers will discuss the (im)possibilities and opportunities offered by CO 2 reuse. This collaborative event between the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW), the Netherlands Academy of Technology and Innovation (AcTI) and SAPEA takes place at the public library of Amsterdam in the Netherlands. The main language of the event will be Dutch.

News

23 May 2018: SAPEA provides evidence for the European Commission on Carbon Capture and Utilisation technologies

SAPEA has published its second Evidence Review Report titled Novel Carbon Capture and Utilisation Technologies: research and climate aspects. The report explores whether Carbon Capture and Utilisation (CCU) technologies have the potential to contribute significantly to mitigating the effects of climate change.

10 May 2018: Discussion of Carbon Capture and Utilisation Technologies in Slovenia

On 10 May 2018, the Slovenian Academy of Engineering in cooperation with the Slovenian Institute for Chemistry is organising a conference titled: Carbon Capture and Utilisation Technologies: Research and Climate Aspects.

02 May 2018: Carbon Capture and Utilisation Technologies to be discussed in Ljubljana, Slovenia

09 April 2018: SAPEA in Amsterdam, the Netherlands

In this public symposium, speakers discussed the opportunities offered by CO 2 reuse, in parallel with SAPEA's work on this topic, in the context of the Scientific Advice Mechanism.

05 August 2017: New topic: Novel carbon capture and utilisation technologies - research and climate aspects

SAPEA experts from across Europe are contributing their knowledge and expertise on this topic. This work follows a request by the College of Commissioners, led by Commissioner Cañete. The SAM High Level Group (HLG) have been asked to provide scientific advice based on existing research on the climate mitigation potential of carbon capture and utilisation (CCU) technologies to inform future policy decisions including financial support. The HLG will deliver an opinion by the end of April 2018. The scoping paper for this topic is available to download from the Scientific Advice Mechanism website. Find out more about SAPEA’s work on carbon capture and utilisation technologies and other topics.

Media coverage

16 January 2023: Auto Motor & Sport, Freenet

Chile: Der Weg zum CO₂-neutralen Verbrenner?

20 July 2022: Forbes

Una nueva red para los electrones ‘verdes’

22 April 2022: Wikipedia

Direct air capture

23 May 2019: Revolve

Biomass: the role of science and science-based policy-making

04 December 2018: National Academy of technologies of France

Novel carbon capture and utilisation technologies: research and climate aspects

01 August 2018: Carbon Capture Journal

EU chief scientific advisors examine Carbon Capture and Utilisation

24 May 2018: Sciences Switzerland

Novel carbon capture and utilisation technologies: research and climate aspects

24 May 2018: ALLEA

SAPEA provides evidence for the European Commission on Carbon Capture and Utilisation technologies

30 March 2018: KNGMG

KNAW organiseert CO2: Grondstof van de toekomst

Academic impact

Zdeb J., Howaniec N., Smoliński A. (2019), Utilization of carbon dioxide in coal gasification: an experimental study., Energies, 12(1).

Gabrielli P., Gazzani M., Mazzotti M. (2020), The Role of carbon capture and utilization, carbon capture and storage, and biomass to enable a net-zero-CO2 emissions chemical industry., Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 59(15).

Baldino, C., Pavlenko, N., Searle, S., Christensen., A (2018), The potential for low-carbon renewable methane in heating, power, and transport in the European Union., International Council on Clean Transportation working paper.

Tcvetkov, P., Cherepovitsyn, A., Fedoseev, S. (2019), The changing role of CO2 in the transition to a circular economy: Review of carbon sequestration projects., Sustainability, 11:20.

Schneider, M. (2019), The cement industry on the way to a low-carbon future., Cement and Concrete Research, 124.

Fasihi, M., Efimova, O., Breyer, C. (2019), Techno-economic assessment of CO2 direct air capture plants., Journal of Cleaner Production, 224.

Duarte, J. P. R., Kriechbaumer, D., Lachmann, B., Tescari, S., Fend, T., Roeb, M., & Sattler, C. (2022), Solar calcium looping cycle for CO2 capturing in a cement plant. Definition of process parameters and reactors selection, Solar Energy, 238, 189-202.

Heestermann, A. R. G. (2019), Renewable energy supply and carbon capture: capturing all the carbon dioxide at zero cost., Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy, 21:6.

Ghasemzadeh, K., Basile, A., Iulianelli, A. (2019), Progress in modeling of silica-based membranes and membrane reactors for hydrogen production and purification., ChemEngineering 3:1.

Buffo, G., Marocco, P., Ferrero, D., Lanzini, A., Santarelli, M. (2019), Power-to-X and power-to-power routes., Solar Hydrogen Production.

Zhang, X., Witte, J., Schildhauer, T., Bauer, C. (2020), Life cycle assessment of power-to-gas with biogas as the carbon source., Sustainable Energy and Fuels, 4(3).

Lehtonen, A. (2019), Kriittinen näkökulma hiilidioksidin raaka-ainekäyttöön metanolin valmistuksessa., Unpublished thesis.

Hanak, D., Michalski, S., Manovic, Vasilije (2018), From post-combustion carbon capture to sorption-enhanced hydrogen production: A state-of-the-art review of carbonate looping process feasibility., Energy Conversion and Management, 177:428-452.

Child, M., Kemfert, C., Bogdanov., Breyer, C. (2019), Flexible electricity generation, grid exchange and storage for the transition to a 100% renewable energy system in Europe., Renewable Energy, 139.

Mikulčić, H., Skov, I. R., Dominković, D. R., Wan Alwi, S.R., Abdul Manan, Z., Tan, R., Duić, N., Nur Hidayah Mohamad, S., Wang, X. (2019), Flexible Carbon Capture and Utilization technologies in future energy systems and the utilization pathways of captured CO2., Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 114.

Sutter, D., van der Spek, M., Mazzotti, M. (2019), Evaluation of CO2-based and CO2-free synthetic fuel systems using a net-zero-CO2-emission framework., Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 58:43.

Naims, H. (2020), Economic aspirations connected to innovations in carbon capture and utilization value chains., Journal of Industrial Ecology.

Fernández-Torres, M. J., Dednam, W., & Caballero, J. A. (2021), Economic and environmental assessment of directly converting CO2 into a gasoline fuel, Energy Conversion and Management, Volume 252, 2022, 115115.

Nabavi, S. A., Erans, M., Manovic, V. (2019), Demonstration of a kW-scale solid oxide fuel cell-calciner for power generation and production of calcined materials., Applied Energy, 255.

Partenie, O., de Kler, R. (2018), CO2 transport and offshore storage facilities needed to meet emission reduction requirements, Research project report.

Kätelhön A., Meys R., Deutz S., Suh S., Bardow A. (2019), Climate change mitigation potential of carbon capture and utilization in the chemical industry., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 166(23).

Centi, G., Perathoner, S. (2019), Chemistry and energy beyond fossil fuels: A perspective view on the role of syngas from waste sources., Catalysis Today.

Watari R., Kuwata S., Kayaki Y. (2020), Amidines as effective ancillary ligands in copper-catalyzed hydrogenation of carbon dioxide., Chemistry Letters, 49(3).

Olfe-Kräutlein B (2020), Advancing CCU Technologies Pursuant to the SDGs: A Challenge for Policy Making., Front. Energy Res. 8:198.

Thengane S.K., Tan R.R., Foo D.C.Y., Bandyopadhyay S. (2019), A pinch-based approach for targeting carbon capture, utilization, and storage systems., Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 58(8).

Sharma, R., Bansal, A., Ramachandran, C. N., Mohanty, P. (2019), A multifunctional triazine-based nanoporous polymer as a versatile organocatalyst for CO2 utilization and C–C bond formation., Chemical Communications 55.

SCIENCE ADVICE FOR POLICY
BY EUROPEAN ACADEMIES

Novel carbon capture and utilisation technologies

Evidence from SAPEA

Recommendations from the Group of Chief Scientific Advisors

Other resources

Scoping paper

Working group members

Events

News

Media coverage

Academic impact

CONTACT US

SMALL PRINT

Subscribe to our newsletter

subscribe
to our newsletter

Novel carbon capture and utilisation technologies

Evidence from SAPEA

Recommendations from the Group of Chief Scientific Advisors

Other resources

Scoping paper

Working group members

Events

News

Media coverage

Academic impact

CONTACT US

SMALL PRINT

Subscribe to our newsletter

subscribe to our newsletter

subscribe
to our newsletter