why ccus
Tomorrow’s Technology Today
We are setting goals to transition our energy system so that we are living in ways that will be sustainable for generations. The Government of Canada has set a goal for our emissions to be net-zero by 2050.
How do we get there? One of the biggest opportunities to get emissions out of our atmosphere is to capture and sequester them—underground or in products—permanently.


CO2
Jaeson Cardiff, CleanO2
Capture
Brent Henkel, Svante + Blake Adair, Nutrien
CO2 capture is the process of separating, purifying and compressing CO2 to make sure that industrial emissions aren’t entering the atmosphere. There are many different types of CO2 capture technologies that can be applied to many different industries such as heat and power generation, hydrogen production, steel, cement or chemicals. In order to reach transportation or utilization quality, the CO2 may undergo some further processing to make sure it meets specifications.




Capture
Brent Henkel, Svante + Blake Adair, Nutrien
CO2 capture is the process of separating, purifying and compressing CO2 to make sure that industrial emissions aren’t entering the atmosphere. There are many different types of CO2 capture technologies that can be applied to many different industries such as heat and power generation, hydrogen production, steel, cement or chemicals. In order to reach transportation or utilization quality, the CO2 may undergo some further processing to make sure it meets specifications.


Utilization
Cailee Ellis, Lafarge + Lukas Deeg, Capital Power
Sequestration
Candice Paton, Enhance Energy


Sequestration
Candice Paton, Enhance Energy

Permanence
Greg Maidment, Carbon Management Canada
Measurement, monitoring and verification (MMV) is one of the most important activities in the carbon value chain to confirm that CO2 sequestered in underground reservoirs is permanent. By monitoring the air, soil, water and underground storage sites – such as saline aquifers and depleted oil and gas reservoirs – we gather scientific evidence that the CO2 we put underground stays where it should. Carbon dating tests can even identify if molecules of CO2 observed in different layers are from anthropogenic sources (the captured CO2 ) or naturally occurring CO2 unrelated to the sequestration project.
Imagine what is possible when we work together.