Carbon Capture, Utilisation & Storage

Subject: Science and tech

Context:

Researchers interested in translational research on Carbon Capture, Utilisation, and Storage (CCUS) have a major opportunity to accelerate and mature their technology and research activities as solutions to the growing problem of global climate change.

Concept:

• Carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS), also referred to as carbon capture, utilization and sequestration, is a process that captures carbon dioxide emissions from sources like coal-fired power plants and either reuses or stores it so it will not enter the atmosphere.
• Carbon dioxide storage in geologic formations includes oil and gas reservoirs, unmineable coal seams and deep saline reservoirs — structures that have stored crude oil, natural gas, brine and carbon dioxide over millions of years.
• CCUS is one of the identified innovation challenges in the Mission Innovation (MI) Programme, a global initiative of 24 countries and the European Union to accelerate the global clean energy innovation in which the Department of Science & Technology (DST) is an active partner.