To meet climate targets, the world needs more carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS).
Alberta, Canada is leading on CCUS. And more is on the way.
World CCS Storage Capacity (Existing and Future Requirement)
Around the World
The world needs more CCS.
Carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects around the world today have the capacity to store about 50 million tonnes of CO2 per year.
To meet climate targets, that needs to grow significantly.
According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the International Energy Agency and others, by 2030 the world needs CCS to store one gigatonne of CO2 per year, rising to 10 gigatonnes by 2050.
In Alberta
Alberta is one of only a few regions in the world with commercial-scale CCS operations.
Since 2015, CCS projects in Alberta have safely removed about 12 million tonnes of CO2 emissions.
That’s the equivalent of taking more than 2.6 million gasoline-powered cars off the road.
Led by Alberta, Canada has the world’s second largest number of CSS projects in development.
Top 5 Countries with CCS Projects in Development
CCS Explained
CCS works by capturing CO2 emissions at industrial sites.
The CO2 is then transported by pipeline to areas suitable for safe geological storage deep underground.
There, it is permanently trapped and will remain out of the atmosphere.
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