Our Swedish member Liquid Wind has released “Carbon Capture and Utilisation: The Role of Bio-CCU in Reducing Carbon Emissions”, a White Paper outlining the critical contribution of Carbon Capture and Utilisation (CCU) in accelerating the transition to a circular, low-emission economy.
As a leading eFuel facility developer, Liquid Wind applies CCU to produce fossil-free eMethanol, an energy carrier that enables emissions reductions in hard-to-abate sectors such as shipping and aviation. This publication emphasises the importance of CCU across industries, while also addressing the regulatory and scale-up challenges that must be overcome for broader deployment.
Highlights from the White Paper:
🔵 Climate Mitigation & Carbon Circularity: CCU can provide up to 15% of the emissions reductions needed for global net-zero by 2070 by converting captured CO₂ into valuable products and decreasing dependence on fossil resources.
🔵 Industrial Symbiosis: CCU fosters cross-sector collaboration by transforming emissions from one industry into feedstock for another, reducing waste and reinforcing local value chains.
🔵 Regulatory & Policy Landscape: Analysis of EU frameworks such as RED III, FuelEU Maritime, and ReFuel Aviation, alongside key barriers including limited EU Taxonomy recognition, restricted incentives for certain CCU methods, challenges with mixed CO₂ streams, EU ETS implementation issues, and insufficient funding.
Read the full White Paper here.
