This report provides evidence-based recommendations for the forthcoming European Commission’s legislative initiative to establish regulatory certainty for the CO2 market and transport and storage infrastructure. This framework is essential to safeguard environmental goals and economic welfare as Europe’s industrial carbon management industry begins to scale up. The recommendations outlined in this paper aim to ensureContinue reading “Designing Europe’s CO2 market and infrastructure: a framework for action”
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Recommendations for the certification of carbon removals
The Carbon Removal and Carbon Farming (CRCF) regulation provides a fundamental framework to ensure that CDR activities remove CO2 from the atmosphere permanently. Building on eight key recommendations, this report advise the work of the European Commission for the development of methodologies certifying permanent carbon removal activities such as BECCS and DACCS.
Public perception: Key enablers and hurdles for CCS and CCU projects
The ZEP and CCUS SET Plan report outlines six key considerations for achieving positive public perception of CCS and CCU projects, while also identifying the main enablers and hurdles for project developers.
Achieving a European market for CO2 transport by ship
The report aims to provide a description of the future European market for CO2 transport by ship, identify the main barriers and enablers, and provide clear policy and technical recommendations to policymakers. These recommendations seek to guarantee the emergence of a European market for CO2 transport by ship that is critical for Europe’s industrial decarbonisation.
Carbon capture and storage in a biodiversity and land use perspective
This Zero Emissions Platform report raises the discussion around CCS, CCU, DACCS, the biomass usage of BECCS, and the protection of biodiversity.
Carbon capture and storage for clean flexibility
As the European Union increases the share of renewables in the energy mix, carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies have an important role to play in energy system integration. This report documents the findings of a workgroup convened by ZEP to address this requirement.
Experience in developing CO2 storage under the Directive on the geological storage of carbon dioxide
Permanent CO2 storage forerunner projects in the North Sea play a key role in Europe’s climate change mitigation efforts. But the success of these projects relies on clear guidance that provides operators with regulatory certainty. This report documents the findings of a workgroup convened by ZEP to address this requirement.
Guidance for CO2 transport by ship
Transporting CO2 by ship and by inland waterway will be crucial for climate action. This report documents addresses addresses key challenges in this area.
The crucial role of low-carbon hydrogen production to achieve Europe’s climate ambition
This report from ZEP’s Temporary Working Group on Hydrogen focuses on the need for blue hydrogen and considers production techniques, costs, scalability, and emissions reduction potential. The report emphasises the need for investment in shared infrastructure networks for both CO2 and hydrogen, and also includes recommendations for policymakers.
A method to calculate the positive effects of CCS and CCU on climate change
The value of CCS and CCU projects to climate change mitigation is crucial, however, how to assess the added value, to be more exact, is complex. There are many factors that could play a major role, such as which boundary conditions and assumptions to use.
With this report, we are introducing three fundamental characteristics for the classification of technologies for climate change abatement of CCU and CCS projects: mitigation effect, net energy consumption, and implementation period. This report also includes examples showing the value of this concept.