The Gradual Integration of CCUS into National and Regional Strategies for Climate Change Mitigation, Energy Transition, Ecological Transition, Research and Innovation: An Overview for France

14 Pages Posted: 8 Apr 2021

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Isabelle Czernichowski-Lauriol

Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières (BRGM)

Valérie Czop

Valérie Czop, EDF

Florence Delprat-Jannaud

IFP Energies Nouvelles

Aicha El Khamlichi

ADEME

Laurent Jammes

CNRS-INSU

Stéphane Lafortune

Institut National de l'Environnement Industriel et des Risques (INERIS)

David Nevicato

TOTAL SE

David Savary

Solvay S.A.

Date Written: February 16, 2021

Abstract

CO2 Capture and Storage (CCS) is gradually gaining global recognition as a vital technology to complement the climate change mitigation portfolio. Since CCS entered the public arena with the publication of the IPCC Special Report in 2005, most of the international prospective scenarios compatible with keeping the temperature rise below 2°C rely on CCS (e.g. IPCC, IEA). International initiatives gathering many volunteer countries are playing a key role for enabling the development and deployment of CCS, such as IEAGHG since 1991, CSLF since 2003, ISO/TC 265 since 2011, Mission Innovation Challenge 3 since 2015, SET Plan Action 9 since 2016. Quite recently the use (U) of CO2 has entered the value chain to encourage the economic use of part of the captured CO2 as a raw material for the manufacture of new products before permanently storing the rest in the deep subsurface, this is why the technology is now often referred to as CCUS, or CCS and CCU. France has played a key role in the development of global climate policies (e.g. the Paris agreement in 2015), and is involved in the various international initiatives devoted to CCUS mentioned above. It is therefore interesting to take stock of how France is preparing to develop this technology and deploy it on its territory. Are we heading towards the deployment of the CCUS technology in France?

Keywords: carbon neutrality, CO2, hydrogen, carbon sink, capture, transport, storage, utilisation, geology, industry, research, policies, public authorities, regions, territories

Suggested Citation

Czernichowski-Lauriol, Isabelle and Czop, Valérie and Delprat-Jannaud, Florence and El Khamlichi, Aicha and Jammes, Laurent and Lafortune, Stéphane and Nevicato, David and Savary, David, The Gradual Integration of CCUS into National and Regional Strategies for Climate Change Mitigation, Energy Transition, Ecological Transition, Research and Innovation: An Overview for France (February 16, 2021). Proceedings of the 15th Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies Conference 15-18 March 2021, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3821672 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3821672

Isabelle Czernichowski-Lauriol (Contact Author)

Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières (BRGM) ( email )

3 avenue Claude-Guillemin
BP 36009
Orléans Cedex 2, 45060
France

Valérie Czop

Valérie Czop, EDF

France

Florence Delprat-Jannaud

IFP Energies Nouvelles ( email )

1 & 4, avenue de Bois-Préau
Rueil-Malmaison
Paris, 92852
France

Aicha El Khamlichi

ADEME

20, avenue du Grésillé
BP 90406
Angers Cedex 1, 49004
France

Laurent Jammes

CNRS-INSU ( email )

3 rue Michel-Ange
Paris, 75016
France

Stéphane Lafortune

Institut National de l'Environnement Industriel et des Risques (INERIS) ( email )

60550 Verneuil-En-Halatte
France

David Nevicato

TOTAL SE ( email )

2 place Jean Millier
Courbevoie, 92400
France

David Savary

Solvay S.A. ( email )

France

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