CCS Global: Integrated Assessment of CCS in India, China and South Africa

In the study CCS Global it was explored whether carbon capture and storage (CCS) could be a viable technological option for significantly reducing CO2 emissions in emerging countries such as India, China and South Africa. These key countries have been chosen as case studies because all three, which hold vast coal reserves, are experiencing a rapidly growing demand for energy, currently based primarily on the use of coal.

Based on currently available data and expertise in the selected countries, the recently published final reports conclude, that several preconditions need to be fulfilled if CCS is to play a future role in reducing CO2 emissions in the analysed countries: Matching CO2 storage capacities based on reliable storage capacity assessments, accessible coal reserves, cost-effectiveness, ecological requirements and public support need to be fulfilled to establish conditions for a prominent development of CCS in the analysed countries.

The final reports can be downloaded at the project's web page.