CCU and CCS – Contributing to Climate Protection in Industry

Cement works are one area of industry where the capture, storage and utilisation of CO2 emissions that cannot be otherwise prevented provides a valuable alternative in the fight against climate change. © Dietmar Rabich (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Beckum,_Zementwerk_Kollenbach_--_2014_--_8705.jpg), “Beckum, Zementwerk Kollenbach -- 2014 – 8705”, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode

Background and aims

The Paris climate agreement and its concrete expression in Germany’s Climate Action Plan have prompted a greater focus not only on the energy and transport sectors but also on CO2 emissions from industry, especially energy- and resource-intensive industrial processes. Together with the ongoing expansion of renewable energy and improvements in energy efficiency, CCUS (Carbon Capture, Usage and Storage) technology can provide a valuable third alternative for delivering Germany’s targets for reducing emissions from industry by 2050. CCUS technology can achieve a significant reduction in CO2 emissions from industrial processes by enabling their capture, storage and utilisation.

In September 2018, the project group chaired by Hans-Joachim Kümpel published a position paper that analyses options for using CCUS to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from industrial processes. The group’s experts recommend that discussions involving a broad cross-section of the public should begin as soon as possible in order to address the potential of CCU (Carbon Capture and Utilisation) and CCS (Carbon Capture and Storage) and the conditions required for their deployment. This will indispensable for tackling preconceptions about CCU and CCS, continuing to develop suitable technologies, and bringing them to market within the required timeframe so that the necessary infrastructure can be planned, approved, funded and built.

Project group members

Core group

Christoph Bals
Germanwatch
Dr. Erika Bellmann
WWF Deutschland
Dr. Andreas Bode
BASF SE
Prof. Dr. Ottmar Edenhofer
Potsdam-Institut für Klimafolgenforschung e. V. (PIK)
Prof. Dr. Manfred Fischedick
Wuppertal Institut für Klima, Umwelt, Energie
Dr. Lars-Erik Gaertner
The Linde Group
Dr. Peter Gerling
Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe (BGR)
Jonas M. Helseth
Bellona Foundation
Prof. Dr. Michael Kühn
Helmholtz-Zentrum Potsdam/DeutschesGeoForschungsZentrum GFZ
Dr. Axel Liebscher
Helmholtz-Zentrum Potsdam/DeutschesGeoForschungsZentrum GFZ, jetzt Bundesamt für kerntechnische Entsorgungssicherheit
Dr. Barbara Olfe-Kräutlein/Prof. Dr. Ortwin Renn
Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies e. V. (IASS)
Dr. Jörg Rothermel
Verband der Chemischen Industrie e. V. (VCI)
Dr. Christoph Sievering
Covestro Deutschland AG
Rob van der Meer
HeidelbergCement
Prof. Dr. Kurt Wagemann
DECHEMA Gesellschaft für Chemische Technik und Biotechnologie e. V.
Prof. Dr. Marion A. Weissenberger-Eibl
Fraunhofer-Institut für System- und Innovationsforschung ISI
Dr. Marcus Wenzelides
acatech Geschäftsstelle
Dr. Christoph Wolff
European Climate Foundation (ECF), jetzt Weltwirtschaftsforum

Extended project group

Dr. Jan-Justus Andreas
Bellona Foundation
Dr. Tobias Fleiter
Fraunhofer-Institut für System- und Innovationsforschung ISI
Dr. Sabine Fuss
Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change (MCC)
Tim Heisterkamp
The Linde Group
Dr. Mathias Hellriegel
Malmendier Hellriegel Rechtsanwälte
Dennis Krämer
DECHEMA Gesellschaft für Chemische Technik und Biotechnologie e. V.
Dr. Gunnar Luderer
Potsdam-Institut für Klimafolgenforschung e. V. (PIK)
Dr.-Ing. Hans Bodo Lüngen
Stahlinstitut VDEh
Dr. Franz May
Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe (BGR)
Henriette Naims
Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies e. V. (IASS)
Andreas Paetz
DIN – Normenausschuss Wasserwesen (NAW)
Katja Pietzner
Wuppertal Institut für Klima, Umwelt, Energie
Dr. Dirk Scheer
Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)
Dr. Manfred Treber
Germanwatch
Werner Voß
Industriegewerkschaft Bergbau, Chemie, Energie (IG BCE)
Dr. Simon Wolf
European Climate Foundation (ECF)