Carbon capture and storage (CCS) researchers from the University of Aberdeen have joined Scottish Carbon Capture & Storage (SCCS), the UK’s largest grouping of scientists engaged in the research and development of the climate mitigation technology.
The University of Aberdeen brings further expertise to the partnership of the British Geological Survey, Heriot-Watt University and the University of Edinburgh, strengthening the Scottish network of scientists engaged in high-level research at every stage of the CCS chain.
The announcement comes during a week of renewed focus on CCS in the north east. The Peterhead CCS demonstration project at a gas-fired power station secured design funding from the UK Government. The interdependency of CCS with the north-east offshore industries was also highlighted in the Wood Review of future oil and gas activity on the UK Continental Shelf. The co-operation of companies could create new ways of using industry knowledge to enable the geological storage of carbon dioxide (CO2) – for example, using CO2 for enhanced oil recovery could develop CCS infrastructure without the need for public subsidy.
Strategic research between the University and other SCCS partners is already under way. Economist Professor Alex Kemp is part of a team designing new fiscal incentives to encourage the use of CO2 captured from power plants to produce up to three billion barrels of additional oil.
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