Proiecte
CO2 Transport and Storage directly from a ship: flexible and cost-effective solutions for European offshore storage – CTS
| Responsabil: | Dr. Alexandra- Constanța Dudu, CSIII |
| Coordonator: | NORCE NORWEGIAN RESEARCH CENTRE |
| Beneficiar: | GeoEcoMar |
| Finanțator: | Unitatea Executivă pentru Finanțarea Învățământului Superior, a Cercetării, Dezvoltării și Inovării - UEFISCDI & Comisia Europeană |
| Schema de finanțare: | CETP ERANET COFUND |
| Durata: | 21 months |
| Data începerii: | 01.03.2024 |
| Data finalizării: | 28.11.2025 |
CO2 Transport and Storage directly from a ship: flexible and cost-effective solutions for European offshore storage – CTS
Recently CCS value chain started considering ships for direct injection, not only transport. The CTS project will evaluate the global potential of this technology for facilitating permanent CO2 storage using case studies from offshore on the Norwegian Continental Shelf, Baltics, Black Sea and Atlantic coast of Portugal. CTS will study the impact of direct injection from ship on the definition of capture clusters and storage facilities by developing CCS scenarios in four different offshore regions in Europe. The efficiency of the scenarios from the perspective of cost and abated CO2 emissions compared to existing plans and scenarios will be evaluated. One of the project goals is to advance direct ship injection technology further together with NEMO Maritime – the industrial partner developing one of such solutions. Direct ship injection is a flexible and low cost solution that can help accelerate CO2 storage and contribute to reducing emissions already by 2030. CTS aims at improving cost and efficiency along the value chain; developing new markets by better addressing the need of smaller emitters; increasing LCA and TEA knowledge for the value chains in selected areas. By utilizing offshore storage and building trustful communication with stakeholders in selected geographical locations, CTS also aims to contribute to strengthening the acceptance of CCUS technologies.
The main impact of the project is to provide a technology that will allow to decrease costs, reduce conflicts with other marine activities and increase flexibility for early start of CO2 injection in offshore regions, therefore addressing some of the major issues that can hinder the deployment of CCS in Europe on a scale able to deliver required mitigations before 2030.
The project aims to engage new stakeholders in four offshore regions through versatility, flexibility and cost efficiency of direct CO2 injection from ship for permanent storage. The key outcome is design of a full CCUS value chain including direct injection from ship, with engagement of the stakeholders along it. Creation of a full value chain design will promote stakeholder engagement and create a platform for evaluation of the business cases by individual stakeholders by giving them a realistic scenario to adhere to.
The outcomes should help to increase roll-out of the CCS value chains not only through technological advantages of direct ship injection, but also by reducing the threshold for smaller emitters and unlocking offshore storage potential in sites becoming commercial due to lower capex and opex of direct ship injection. Generally, CTS contribution is to map potential emitters, prepare conceptual design of the value chain with a focus on ship design, wells, and storage site.
The CTS projects’ main objective is to demonstrate techno-economic applicability of direct injection from ship to unlock CCS potential for the industry by increasing flexibility and versatility of the CCS value chain, reduce costs and show storage potential in the four defined regions: the North Sea, Black Sea, Baltic Sea and Atlantic coast of Portugal. The project will contribute to accelerate the development of CCS within the EU community and enable the industry to reach the targets for CCS that have been presented by the EU commission on March 16th 2023, as part of the Net-Zero Industry Act.
The secondary objectives are:
- To design and evaluate CCS value chains and make a comparison of the different transportation and storage options including direct injection from ship for offshore storage in the defined regions.
- To create criteria for identifying most fitting conditions along the value chain for application of the direct injection in offshore CO2 storage projects, in any part of the world.
- To establish the dialogue with the stakeholders towards identifying the challenges and drivers for adoption of the direct injection from ship technology in the selected regions and to further extrapolate on the weaknesses and strengths of the technology to other parts of Europe.
- To make further steps towards piloting and demonstrating the technology, within the shortest possible timeframe in agreement with the European objectives for reducing.