Legal and Regulatory Objectives for Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS)
The term CCUS, or carbon capture, utilization, and storage, is a crucial technique for reducing emissions that can be used across the energy system. Carbon dioxide (CO2) from fuel combustion or industrial processes is captured via CCUS technology, transported by ship or pipeline, and then used as a resource to produce valuable goods or services or permanently stored underground in geological formations.
When the CO2 comes from bio-based processes or straight from the atmosphere, CCUS technologies also lay the groundwork for carbon removal or "negative emissions."
Advantages of CCUS
Generating More Power
Power production turbines may operate more effectively if CO-based steam cycles, in which CO is pressured into a supercritical fluid, are used. These cycles could facilitate heat transfer and need less energy to compress steam. Additionally, it is possible to produce sustainable geothermal to harvest geothermal heat from the same regions it introduces.
