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Perspectives on the role of CO₂ capture and utilisation (CCU) in climate change mitigation

16th September 2016

Topic(s): Carbon capture, use and storage (CCUS)

Achieving the target set during COP21 will require the deployment of a diverse portfolio of solutions, including fuel switching, improvements in energy efficiency, increasing use of nuclear and renewable power, as well as carbon capture and storage (CCS).

It is in the context of CCS that carbon capture and utilisation (CCU), or conversion (CCC), is often mentioned. Once we have captured and purified the CO₂, it is sometimes argued that we should aim to convert the CO₂ to useful products such as fuels or plastics, or otherwise use the CO₂ in processes such as enhanced oil recovery (CO2-EOR). This is broadly referred to as CCU. 

In this webinar, Niall Mac Dowell, Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in the Centre for Process Systems Engineering and the Centre for Environmental Policy at Imperial College London, presented about the scale of the challenge associated with climate change mitigation and contextualise the value which CO₂ conversion and utilisation options can provide.

Here is a recording of the webinar and a browsable version of the slides used in the presentation:

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