Geological CO₂ Storage Technology Research and Development, and the Deployment in Japan

Abstract

Carbon capture and storage（CCS）is considered to be one of the few feasible technologies for reducing global anthropogenic carbon dioxide（CO₂）emissions. The first pilot CO₂ storage project was carried out at Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture in 2003. It took almost 20 years to step into the deployment stage from research and development. This talk presents an overview of CCS activities in Japan, including a concept for the middle and small‒scale sources to reduce CO₂ emissions and to purse carbon neutrality.