Developers want to reduce CCS project costs
Solvent research to improve CCS methods
Research into technologies to prevent degradation of solvents will help de-risk carbon capture
New technologies to prevent solvent degradation will help reduce the costs and risks associated with carbon-capture technologies, according to speakers at an event organised by research group Scottish Carbon Capture and Storage in mid-February. The event aimed to publicise the results of a three-year research project, known as ‘Launch’, between academia and industry into one of the main barriers to the implementation of CCS: post-combustion CO2 capture solvent degradation. The capture element is one of the biggest costs of CCS projects, accounting for around two-thirds of the full end-to-end costs. To absorb CO₂ from the mix of gases emitted by industrial units or power plants, most capture
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