Carbon dioxide Capture and Storage - CCS in the energy system

The proliferation of CCS technologies will affect the type of fossil fuels used for power generation. A switch from power plants using natural gas to coal power plants utilizing CCS may cause implications for the EU electricity market.

CO2 infrastructure relates to the network of pipelines required to transport carbon dioxide from source to sink. In order to take advantage of economies of scale and utilize space most efficiently, governments and industries may wish to cooperate. ECN Policy Studies is engaged in projects that explore the relevant financial and organizational implications of CO2 transport networks.

Recent projects

• New Dutch reference projection 2010-2020 (In Dutch, ‘Referentieraming energie en emissies 2010-2020’)
  This reference projection has policy variants based on existing policy measures and planned measures, in order to see if the Netherlands achieves its 2020 targets. The role of CCS is only limited in the absence of additional CCS specific policy measures.
• CO2Europipe (FP7)
  Development of a roadmap for CO2 transport infrastructure in North Western Europe, with 2020 as the target year for start of large-scale CCS.
• Nuclear Energy and Fuel Mix
  The report contains also one (normative) scenario in which CCS is deployed on large scale in combination with high renewables plus (yes/no) nuclear

Related publications and presentations

• New Long-Term Energy Technology Scenarios: The case of CCS and leakage of stored CO2, September 2010.
• Carbon Capture and Storage in power generation and wind energy flexibility and reliability issues in scenarios for Northwest Europe, September 2010.
• Coal-Based Power Generation with CCS versus Nuclear Energy: Two Competitive Base-Load Climate Control Options, September 2010.
• Towards a CO2 infrastructure in North-Western Europe: Legalities, costs and organizational aspects, September 2010.
• How may CCS technology affect the electricity market in North-Western Europe? November 2008.
• Vragen over nieuwe kolencentrales in Nederland (In Dutch), May 2008.
• Kernenergie & Brandstofmix. Effecten van nieuwe kerncentrales na 2020 in de kernenergiescenario’s uit het Energierapport 2008, May 2010.

Contact person: Ad Seebregts