Planning a Notable CCS Pilot-Scale Project: A Case Study in France, Paris Basin—Ile-de-France

Fernanda M. L. Veloso, Isaline Gravaud, Frédéric A. Mathurin and Sabrine Ben Rhouma
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Fernanda M. L. Veloso: French Geological Survey (Bureau de Recherche Géologique et Minière—BRGM), 3 Avenue Claude Guillemin, CEDEX 2, 45060 Orléans, France
Isaline Gravaud: French Geological Survey (Bureau de Recherche Géologique et Minière—BRGM), 3 Avenue Claude Guillemin, CEDEX 2, 45060 Orléans, France
Frédéric A. Mathurin: French Geological Survey (Bureau de Recherche Géologique et Minière—BRGM), 3 Avenue Claude Guillemin, CEDEX 2, 45060 Orléans, France
Sabrine Ben Rhouma: French Geological Survey (Bureau de Recherche Géologique et Minière—BRGM), 3 Avenue Claude Guillemin, CEDEX 2, 45060 Orléans, France

Clean Technol., 2022, vol. 4, issue 2, 1-19

Abstract: Few commercial-scale carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects are currently operating in the world, with almost all in the USA and China. Despite a high number of CCS pilot-scale projects achieved in Europe, only two commercial-scale projects are operating today. The goal of this study is to present a case study in France to select a promising location to deploy a notable CCS pilot-scale project based on a multicriteria regional-scale approach. The methodology applied in this case study describes and assesses different aspects involved in CCS technology at the regional scale, and then an evaluation of economic key performance indicators (KPI) of CCS is carried out. The assessment at the regional scale gives an overview of where CCS could be applied, when CCS could be deployed and how to launch CCS considering the needs and concerns of stakeholders in the region. Technical aspects were mapped, such as the location of irreducible CO 2 sources and long-lasting emissions and the location of storage resources and existing potential transport infrastructures. We identified the waste-to-energy and chemical sectors as the main CO 2 sources in the region. An economic analysis of a hypothetical scenario of CCS deployment was elaborated considering three of the higher emitters in the region. A CCS scenario in the Paris Basin region with a deployment between 2027 and 2050 indicates a low CO 2 cost per ton avoided between 43 EUR/t and 70 EUR/t for a cumulated total of 25 Mt and 16 Mt, respectively, of CO 2 captured and stored for 26 years, including 7.7 Mt of CO 2 from biomass (potential negative emissions). Storage maturity and availability of the resource are the most uncertain parameters of the scenario, although they are the key elements to push investment in capture facilities and transport. Geological storage pilot projects are mandatory to prove storage resource and should be located in strategic locations close to potential CO 2 sources in case of confirmation of proven resources. Well-perceived pilot-scale projects are the first step to start engaging in deciding and investing in commercial-scale CCS projects.

Keywords: CCS pilot-scale; CO 2 reduction; Ile-de-France; regional scale; waste to energy; decarbonizing industry; Paris Basin; key performance indicators; economic evaluation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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