Carbon capture and storage

Galvanizing Stakeholder Support for Carbon Capture and Storage

Collaboration is critical to achieving recognition of the scope and value of carbon capture and storage and achieving acceptance for specific projects.

Quest CO2 injection well.
Quest CO2 injection well.

Collaboration is critical to achieving recognition of the scope and value of carbon capture and storage (CCS) and achieving acceptance for specific projects. An important aspect is to create engaging outreach and educational initiatives that target the needs of the stakeholders, demonstrate commitment to local communities, address the points of challenge and clarification, make use of best practices and international project experiences, and help raise awareness of CCS, energy, and climate change.

Introduction

The global energy system is changing, both to meet greater demand and to respond to environmental stresses. The big challenge for society is how to provide much more energy with much less carbon dioxide (CO2). CCS could deliver a significant contribution to the energy transition and climate-change mitigation, with the potential to deliver 12% of the required mitigation by 2050. CO2 emissions can be captured from large emitters such as power plants and industry and stored permanently and safely underground.

Engagement and cooperation with different stakeholder groups is central to any CCS project, similar to other major projects in the oil and gas industry and elsewhere. However, engagement on CCS faces additional challenges because it is a new, unknown industry without many references.

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