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Mineralisation - Carbon Capture & Storage by Mineralisation: Analysis of UK Opportunities - Request for Proposal


Citation ETI Mineralisation - Carbon Capture & Storage by Mineralisation: Analysis of UK Opportunities - Request for Proposal, ETI, 2009. https://doi.org/10.5286/UKERC.EDC.000085.
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Publisher ETI
DOI https://doi.org/10.5286/UKERC.EDC.000085
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Abstract This is a Request for Proposal (RfP) for Carbon Capture & Storage by Mineralisation: Analysis of UK Opportunities.

CCS by mineralisation has been identified as a promising additional method of sequestering CO2 emissions. Minerals and CO2 can react together to permanently store CO2 as a solid carbonate product, which can then be safely stored, used as an aggregate or turned into useful end products such as bricks or filler for concrete. This £1m project, launched in May 2010 carried out a detailed study of the availability and distribution of suitable minerals across the UK along with studying the technologies that could be used to economically capture and store CO2 emissions. The project consortium involved Caterpillar, BGS and the University of Nottingham. The objective was to investigate the potential for CCS Mineralisation to mitigate at least 2% of current UK CO2 emissions and 2% of worldwide emissions over a 100-year period. The project has found that there is an abundance of suitable minerals available in the UK and worldwide to meet these mitigation targets. However, challenges remain to make the capture process economically attractive and to reduce its energy use. Significant niche opportunities exist where waste materials are used as feedstock and/or the process produces value-added products, but markets would not be at the level required to meet the mitigation targets.
Associated Project(s) ETI-CC2004: Carbon Capture and Storage by Mineralisation
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Associated Publication(s)

Mineralisation - Carbon Capture & Storage by Mineralisation - Work Package 1: Stage Gate 2b Report; Synthesis and Interpretation

Mineralisation - Carbon Capture and Sequestration by Mineralisation (CCSM) - Final Summary Presentation.

Mineralisation - Carbon Capture and Sequestration by Mineralisation (CCSM) Final Report

Mineralisation - Carbon Capture and Sequestration by Mineralisation (CCSM) Stage 2A Report

Mineralisation - Carbon Capture and Sequestration by Mineralisation (CCSM) Stage 2b Techno-Economic Assessment (TEA) Report

Mineralisation - Carbon Capture and Storage by Mineralisation Stage Gate 1 Report