openCCS is an open, collaborative area for sharing methodologies, best practices and lessons learnt in relation to the implementation of carbon capture and storage (CCS).

The best way to think about openCCS is as a 'project guide', developed by a community of CCS professionals.

The goal is to make openCCS a deep reference source for a number of different types of stakeholders involved with CCS initiatives. It will also link CCS into the broader picture in reaching low-carbon economy and sustainability challenges.

The best way to think about openCCS is as a Project Guide Handbook that everyone helps to write. When it becomes more mature, it will contain assets such as:

• Recommended project schedules, activities and work breakdown structures
• Technique papers, methods guidelines related to areas such as:
  • Permitting plans;
  • Environmental impact assessments;
  • H&S issues,
  • Project budgets;
  • Risk inventories
• Summary information on CCS projects
• Information on CCS technologies
• Case studies
• Organisational structures and governance models
• Aggregations of useful pages on other sites
• Definitional pages to explain core CCS concepts

These collaboratively-developed knowledge assets can then be used directly in assisting projects around the globe move to deployment more quickly. The goal is to make openCCS a deep reference source for a number of different types of stakeholders involved with Carbon Capture and Storage initiatives. It will also link CCS into the broader picture in reaching low-carbon economy and sustainability challenges.