Region prioritization for the development of carbon capture and utilization technologies
Author(s)
Patricio, Joao
Angelis-Dimakis, Athanasios
Castillo-Castillo, Arturo
Kalmykova, Yuliya
Rosado, Leonardo
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
In recent years several strategies have been developed and adopted to reduce the levels of the Greenhouse Gas Emissions released to the atmosphere. The adoption of Carbon Capture and Utilization (CCU) technologies may contribute towards carbon sequestration as well as to the creation of high value products. This study presents a methodology to assess the potential of CO2 utilization across Europe, and to identify the European regions with the greater potential to deploy nine selected carbon dioxide utilization technologies. The results show that Germany, UK and France at the first level followed by Spain, Italy and Poland are the countries where the larger quantities of available CO2 could be found but also where the majority of the potential receiving processes are located, and therefore with the greatest potential for CO2 utilization. The study has also revealed several specific regions where reuse schemes based on CO2 could be developed both in Central Europe (Dusseldorf and Cologne – Germany, Antwerp Province and East Flanders – Belgium and Śląskie – Poland) and in Scandinavia (Etelä-Suomi and Helsinki-Uusimaa – Finland). Finally, among all the selected technologies, concrete curing and horticulture production are the technologies with the higher potential for CO2 utilization in Europe.
Date Issued
2017-01
Date Acceptance
2016-10-06
Citation
Journal of CO2 Utilization, 2017, 17, pp.50-59
ISSN
2212-9820
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Start Page
50
End Page
59
Journal / Book Title
Journal of CO2 Utilization
Volume
17
Copyright Statement
© 2016 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
Sponsor
European Institute of Innovation and Technology - EIT
Grant Number
KIC - ENCO2RE
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2016-11-24