CCS JAKO JEDNA Z METOD REDUKCJI EMISJI CO2

Abstract

CCS AS ONE OF THE CO2 EMISSION REDUCTION METHODS

Abstract. Information presented in the article allows us to introduce one of the approaches to reducing anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions responsible for the temperature increase and climate change. This is the technology of capture and underground storage of carbon dioxide in geologic structures (Carbon Capture and Storage – CCS). Most of the large-scale CCS projects (i.e. capture and storage of an order of magnitude of 1 million tonnes of CO2 per year) operate in the United States and Canada. Many of them are associated with the use of CO2 captured from the industrial processes for the enhanced oil recovery (EOR). The presented examples of projects are: Boundary Dam Carbon Capture and Storage (Canada), Great Plains Synfuels and Weyburn-Midale (Canada), and Kemper County Energy Facility (United States). Presently operating CCS projects are crucial for demonstrating the technological readiness for commercial implementation of capture and geological storage of CO2. As of today 15 large-scale CCS projects are operating around the world, and 7 projects are in the last stages of investment.