Learnings

Outcomes

Overall, the project has delivered a number of task reports to provide further scientific and technical information on the application of carbon capture and reuse for medium-sized combustion and process plant.

The approaches to use carbon capture and then reuse of the captured gas appear technically viable but the methods do face challenges with regard to costs and also with regard to the variability in availability of renewable hydrogen and other key process flows.

The outcomes of the project have been a positive response to the potential applications of the proposed technologies but there are factors that could impact on the take-up of the technologies and there are geographic location factors that could impact on future deployment.

One aspect that was deemed to be a very positive outcome was the contact with the third party industries. The representatives from the industries were very supportive of the overall aims of the project and very keen to understand how the different options could be adapted to their sites. The interaction has been very beneficial, and this may lead to further collaborative working in the future. 

Lessons Learnt

Earlier engagement with third parties would have been of benefit. The process of compliance with legal requirements for Non-Disclosure Agreements and Confidentiality Agreements took several weeks to conclude, but as this was done in parallel with other tasks the overall impact was not too great but was a factor alongside the impacts of Covid that impacted on timescales.