Carbon Capture and Utilisation (CCU)

What is CCU?

CCU is a broad term that covers processes that aim at capturing CO2 from flue gas or directly from the air and converting it into a variety of products such as renewable fuels, chemicals, and materials. CO2 has already been used for decades with mature technologies in various industrial processes to produce e.g. beverages, fertilisers, etc. But today, numerous new CCU technologies at various stages of development and commercialisation aim at mitigating climate change. These technologies have the potential to

  • reduce net CO2 emissions,
  • remove CO2 from the air,
  • provide substitutes for carbon-intensive and fossil-based products,
  • store and transport renewable energy,
  • generate marketable products.

CCU is not delaying emissions, it helps avoid them

CCU is a circular approach that converts and stores CO2 into essential products. The duration of the CO2 storage into a product strongly varies from days to centuries according to the applications. However, CCU should not be assessed only with respect to the duration and/or capacity of storage in a product, but rather with a comprehensive life-cycle analysis of the CO2-based product generated. If CO2 based products can be produced with lower climate impact than conventional ones or if CO2 is captured again at the end of life of the CCU products, in both cases, a climate benefit can be asserted independently of the duration of CO2 storage in the product.

CO₂ Value Europe is the only European association
dedicated to CO₂ Utilisation, bringing together stakeholders
from the complete CCU value chain and across industries

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