All about Carbon capture technology and how it works.
                     ALL ABOUT CARBON CAPTURE 
TECHNOLOGY AND HOW IT WORKS
INTRODUCTION
• Carbon capture and storage 
(CCS) is a combination of 
technologies designed to 
prevent the release of CO2 
generated through conventional 
power generation and industrial 
production processes by 
injecting the CO2 in suitable 
underground storage reservoirs. 
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WHY IS CCS CRUCIAL?
• CCS can facilitate transition by 
allowing industries to make 
sustained contributions to local 
economies while moving toward 
net-zero.
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HOW IT WORKS?
• Basically, capture technology 
separates CO2 emissions from 
the process, after which the 
compressed CO2 is transported 
to a suitable geological storage 
location and injected. Feasible 
methods of transporting of CO2 
include both pipelines and 
shipping.
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TECHNICAL FEASIBILITY
• The application of technologies 
suggests that carbon capture 
technology is technically 
feasible in most large, 
stationary CO2 point sources. 
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REGULATORY UNCERTAINTY 
• Any new technology with 
potential risks faces regulatory 
uncertainty in its initial stage. 
• For carbon capture technology, 
these impediments are in the 
process of being resolved. 
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ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT AND RISKS
• Carbon capture technology has 
the potential to significantly 
reduce CO2 emissions from 
power generation and industrial 
installations. 
• The greatest risk associated 
with CCS is possible leakage 
from pipeline systems and 
storage sites, either temporary 
or permanent.
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FUTURE MARKET POTENTIAL
• The global capacity to 
geologically store CO2 is large, 
with recent basin-wide 
potentials estimated between 
8,000 Gt and 15,000Gt (IEA, 
2008b). 
• However, the level of 
knowledge concerning storage 
potentials varies on a global, 
regional and local scale
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SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT 
• No technology involving the 
combustion of fossil fuels can 
be associated with sustainable 
development, due to the finite 
nature of such resources. 
• Others point towards the 
effects of fossil fuel use, beyond 
emissions of CO2 alone, 
including the environmental 
impacts.
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GLOBAL PROGRESS ON CCS
• CCS is absent from intended 
nationally determined 
contributions of most countries. 
Thus, it is clear that national 
policies have not accepted CCS 
as a promising technology.
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CCS IN INDIA
• Commercial availability of CCS 
in India depends largely on 
successful implementation of 
the technology in industrialized 
countries, which is currently 
shoddy.
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