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FEATURE CARBON CAPTURE AND STORAGE he transition to a sustainable energy future requires tive emissions,” Dr. Fatih Birol, Executive Director at the innovative solutions that go beyond simply halting International Energy Agency, said recently.

T fossil fuel projects. In a speech in October 2022, Kadri Simson, European

Carbon capture and storage (CCS) has emerged as Commissioner for Energy, said, “I believe that CCUS has a critical technology to address emissions from hard-to- incredible potential in our race to reach climate neutral- abate industries. ity. And without CCS and CCU, it will be practically “CCUS is a necessary bridge between the reality of to- impossible to limit the global warming to the 1.5 degrees day’s energy system and the increasingly urgent need to Celsius objective.” reduce emissions. Not only can it avoid locking in emis- She said that the Commission modeling showed that the sions from existing power and industrial facilities, it also EU will need to capture and utilize or store between 300 provides a critical foundation for carbon removal or nega- and 640 million tonnes of carbon dioxide per year by 2050

The Transocean Enabler

Rig was used to help estimate the capacity of the

Northern Lights storage.

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