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Canada's CO2 Capture and Storage TRM
Technology Pathways
Table of Contents
- Foreword
- Executive Summary
- An Opportunity for Canada: CO2 Capture and Storage
- The Challenges: An Issues Scan
- The Opportunities: Low-Emissions Fossil Fuels
- Technology Pathways
- The Way Forward
- Appendix A: Participants
- Appendix B: Roadmap Process
- Appendix C: References
- Appendix D: Glossary
- Acknowledgements
- PDF version of full document
Table of Contents for this "Technology Pathways" Section
- Capture Technology
- Transport Technology
- Storage Technology
- The Hub and Backbone Concept
- Section Summary
The overarching technology pathway often discussed regarding CCS is in actual fact a combination of many pathways that converge around the common goal of CO2 capture and long-term storage. These pathways each relate to one of the three necessary components: capture and compression, transport and storage. Each component is essential for the development and deployment of fully commercial CCS infrastructure and systems in Canada.
Although each component has its own technical focus and set of goals and objectives, it is important to study the integrated system because all three components are essential to it. After all, the technological success of capture and transport will not matter if storage cannot be proven technically feasible.
Therefore, this section provides a description of each component or technology area in terms of specific technologies and potential applications. The current costs of these components are estimated for the Canadian context. R&D needs are proposed for each technology area, which identifies critical areas where further research may make the difference in terms of commercial success. A final section is devoted to the strategic development and deployment of CCS infrastructure and systems.
It is important to note that referring to any specific CCS technology as the ultimate solution, or silver bullet for a technology area, would be premature. At this early stage of CCS development, it is difficult to predict how the technological pathway might progress. However, a forward-looking description of potential pathways based on what is known today, and some generally accepted assumptions, can provide valuable insight into what the future might hold.
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