GLOBAL STATUS OF
CCS 2019: TARGETING
CLIMATE CHANGE
JOHN SCOWCROFT

CONSULTANT

WHY DO WE NEED CCS?
VITAL: CCS is vital to reduce emissions to net-zero by midcentury and achieve global climate change targets.
VERSATILE: CCS is versatile in its application and cancontribute to meeting climate targets through three different
ways: mitigating emissions, removing CO2 from atmosphereand clean hydrogen production.
PROVEN: CCS technologies have been in operation since the1970s. The current capture capacity in operation is around 40Mtpa and over 260 Mt of anthropogenic CO2 has been
captured and stored to date.
ENABLER: CCS is a conduit to a new clean energy economy(eg, clean hydrogen, chemicals, fertiliser production).

GLOBAL STATUS OF CCS - 2019
• 51 large-scale CCS facilities globally: 19 in operation, 4 under construction,and 28 in various stages of development.
• These 51 facilities can capture and store close to 100 Mtpa of CO2.
• New project announcements include major innovation milestones:• CCS application on natural gas power• First large-scale direct air capture (DAC) plant.
• To date, more than 260 million tonnes of anthropogenic CO2 has been safely
captured and permanently stored globally.
• Estimated 2,000+ large-scale CCS facilities, capturing more than 2,000 Mtpa
of CO2, are needed to achieve global climate targets.

CCS FACILITIES AROUND THE WORLD
Early
development

Advanceddevelopment

Construction

Operating

Total

North America

362

1223

China

5-

218Europe

82-

212

Gulf Cooperation
Council-

1-

23

Rest of World*

21025Total

181041951* Includes facilities in Australia, Brazil and South Korea

CCS HAS DIVERSE APPLICATIONS ACROSS INDUSTRIESTOMAKOMAI CCS DEMONSTRATION PLANT• With ongoing support from METI,
Japan CCS Co. Ltd’s Tomakomai
CCS facility, remains Asia’s firstfull-cycle CCS hydrogen plant.
• In 2019, it reached a capture
milestone of 300,000 tonnes ofCO2, and continued intensive
monitoring.
• Safe and secure operation achieved in the vicinity of a large
city, and in spite of major earthquakes and disasters.
• World-class, comprehensive community engagement
activities undertaken throughout the duration of the project.

HYDROGEN ENERGY SUPPLY CHAIN (HESC)PROJECT• Construction of the gasifier commenced in November
2019 and first hydrogen production is expected by 2021.
• If this pilot is successful, an investment decision toconstruct a commercial scale clean hydrogen production
facility with CCS in the Latrobe Valley, to supply Japan
could be made in the mid 2020s.

CCS PIPELINE IS REPLENISHING, BUT NOTFAST ENOUGHKEY CCS DEVELOPMENTS IN 2019
• “Next wave” facilities based around CCS hubs and clusters• New project announcements in gas power generation and DAC• Policy confidence is improving. CCS-specific policies introducedon national and sub-national levels• Cross-border transport of CO2 now possible through provisional
application of the amendment of Article 6 of London Protocol• CCS is entering the sustainable finance discussions

CCS IS A VITAL ELEMENT OF A LOW-CARBON
ENERGY FUTURE

EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS IN THE IEA'S SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SCENARIO (SDS)NEXT WAVE OF CCS: HUBS & CLUSTERS• Multiple industrial point sources ofCO2 connected to a CO2transport and storage network.
• Access to large geological storage
resources with the capacity tostore CO2 from industrial sourcesfor decades.
• Economies of scale deliver lower
unit-costs for CO2 storage.
• Synergies between multiple CO2
sources and the storage operator
reduce cross chain risks andsupport commercial viability.

CCS BRINGS SIGNIFICANT ECONOMIC BENEFITS• CREATES JOBS
Supports high paying jobs, supports employment retention and creates new
employment opportunities.

• REDUCES OPERATIONAL COSTSReduces total system costs of electricity supply by providing reliable,
dispatchable generation capacity when fitted to flexible fossil fuel powerplants• EXTENDS LIFE OF EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE
Utilizes existing infrastructure that would otherwise be decommissioned,
helping to defer shut-down costs• UNLOCKS GROWTH
Provides knowledge spill overs that can support innovation-based economicgrowth

SUPPORTIVE POLICY IS URGENTLY NEEDED• PLACING A VALUE ON EMISSION REDUCTIONS• A range of options, including carbon taxes, emissions trading and tax
credits or payments linked to delivered emission reductions• MOBILISING EARLY INVESTMENT• Public-Private partnerships particularly important in early stages ofdeployment to reduce perceived risks and attract bank financing• ADDRESSING HARD TO REDUCE RISKS• Robust policy frameworks needed to reduce cross-chain, and longterm liability risks