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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)
  • Project duration

    06/2016 — 10/2018

  • Funding

    • European Climate Foundation
    • BASF SE
    • Linde AG
    • Convestro AG
  • Topic

    Energy & Resources

News

Berlin, 25. September 2018

Germany should continue to develop carbon utilisation and storage as climate protection options

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CCU and CCS – Building Blocks for Climate Protection in Industry. Analysis, Options and Recommendations

Published: 06 March 2019

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