JOURNAL: Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage in Review: Sociotechnical Implications for a Carbon Reliant World

Summary

Authors:

Hope McLaughlin
Anna Littlefield
Maia Menefee
Austin Kinzer
Tobias Hull
Benjamin K. Sovacool
Morgan D. Bazilian
Jinsoo Kim
Steven Griffiths

Colorado School of Mines
The Payne Institute for Public Policy
Aarhus University
University of Sussex
Boston University
Hanyang University
Khalifa University of Science and Technology

Carbon capture utilization and storage in review: Sociotechnical implications for a carbon reliant world

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

May 2023

  • Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage can play a critical role in climate change mitigation.
  • Ample emerging technologies are available with adequate capture capacities and biotic and abiotic forms of storage.
  • Utilization processes include enhanced oil recovery and biochar.
  • Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage deployment has been largely limited by social and economic barriers.
  • Policy driven solutions may help drive costs down, engender social acceptance, and increase CCUS deployment.