GX & Decarbonization Research

Hung Vo Thanh

This study analyzes the viability of coupling carbon capture and storage (CCUS) with underground hydrogen storage (UHS) in shared subsurface space, using geocoded data on 135 CCUS projects and 42 UHS facilities plus a techno-economic model.…

Vargas Guzmán E.L.

An integrated assessment of global CCUS projects, spanning capture, utilization, and storage. It synthesizes project deployment status and enabling conditions, offering a cross-cutting view of CCUS's role and limits in decarbonization pathw…

Hon Chung Lau, Steve Tsai

APAC data center power capacity will grow 4.4x from 16 GW in 2025 to 70 GW in 2030, raising DC-emitted CO2 from 46 to 177 Mtpa. India, Japan, Australia and others will rely heavily on coal, while Singapore, Korea and New Zealand rely on gas…

Yi Liu, Jialu Hong, Pin Shao

Steel decarbonization is hard because heat, reduction and melting remain coupled to coal and coke. This review maps key reactions and engineering limits of low-carbon ironmaking: hydrogen-enriched blast furnaces with top-gas recycling, hydr…

Wesche J.

A comparative study of societal support for CCUS policy frameworks and stakeholder perceptions across France, Spain, and Poland. It highlights how CCUS deployment hinges not only on technical and economic factors but on community acceptance…

Xiang-Yu Li, Yan-Long Zhao, Xin Zhang +4

This study demonstrates that desorption kinetics, not just uptake, are critical for evaluating MOF adsorbents for CO2 capture. Nine MOFs were assessed under a unified protocol, revealing that late-stage desorption diffusivity correlates mos…

Kaifang Luo, Yueming Qiu, Pengfei Liu +1

Using property transaction data (1990-2021) matched to nationwide CCUS project records, this study applies a hedonic difference-in-differences framework to quantify the impact of CCUS proximity on housing prices. CCUS operations generate a …

Trent Jacobs

This article explains why commercial-scale CO2-EOR remains difficult, citing Occidental's DAC project delays, ExxonMobil's pipeline plans, and examples from Petrobras and Oman. Barriers include technical challenges, high costs, lack of gove…

Abhishek Yadav, Anil Kumar, Rajeev Kumar Mishra

This review assesses CCUS technologies for decarbonizing the cement sector, which accounts for ~7% of global CO2 emissions. It compares amine scrubbing, oxy-fuel combustion, calcium looping, DAC, and LEILAC by TRL, reporting potential CO2 r…

Hunter Hughes

This monograph comprehensively assesses CCUS and DAC for residual emissions from cement, steel, and chemicals that electrification cannot abate. It evaluates capture technologies, costs ($25-40/t for high-purity streams to $350-650/t for DA…

Anas Jamil Abdulrahman, Niko Heikkinen, Miia Nevander +12

This study evaluates Fischer-Tropsch (FT) feedstocks derived from captured CO2 as steam cracker feedstocks. Hydrotreated FT naphtha increased ethylene yield by 48% and reduced CO2 intensity by 27% compared to fossil naphtha, demonstrating a…

Ti-Yao Zhou, Mingyuan Wang, Zheng. Li +3

This study develops an RBF network-based surrogate model for rapid evaluation of CO2-EOR and storage in mature oilfields, trained on 162 high-fidelity simulations. The RBF model outperforms DNN in accuracy (R2=0.895 for oil, 0.940 for stora…

Yashika Raheja, Pallavi Gupta, Saurabh Singh +7

This review surveys recent advances in carbon capture and utilization (CCU), positioning CO2 as a renewable C1 feedstock for producing chemicals, fuels, polymers, and advanced materials. It examines catalytic, electrochemical, photochemical…

Hung Vo Thanh, Baehyun Min

This paper proposes a deep ensemble approach using digital rock images to predict time-resolved CO2 saturation in geological carbon storage. By quantifying uncertainty, it enhances reservoir behavior prediction and decision-making, improvin…

Tabea Dorndorf, Nikolas Hagemann, Anne Merfort +2

This paper jointly presents techno-economic considerations and value judgments in modeling biochar production for carbon removal in the IAM REMIND. It classifies production configurations and tests cautious vs. optimistic assumptions, findi…

Philipp Mohn, M. Siodlaczek, Fabiola Panitz +2

This study evaluates chemical looping combustion (CLC) and gasification (CLG) of a plastic-rich waste-derived fuel at 1 MWth pilot scale using ilmenite as oxygen carrier. CLC achieved high CO2 capture (~95%) but only about one-third of fuel…

Sacchi, Romain, Daioglou, Vassilis, Bauer, Christian

This package provides scripts and data to reproduce Figure 1 of an Environmental Research Letters Perspective arguing that net-zero product claims should disclose the resource demands of carbon dioxide removal. It includes 17 prospective da…

Hongmei Li, Xiuting Feng, Shengkang Liang +6

Seaweed farming is gaining attention for ocean CO2 removal, but the fate of small suspended particulate organic carbon (sPOC) released during growth is poorly understood. Field observations and incubation experiments in a Chinese kelp farmi…

Heidelberg Materials

This CPD module, sponsored by Heidelberg Materials, explains the application of carbon capture and storage (CCS) to cement production, presenting near-zero cement solutions. It focuses on the technology's mechanism and industrial implementa…

Ramachandran, Hariharan, De Jonge-Anderson, Iain, Pullen, Benjamin +1

Expanding CO2 storage requires assessing leakage risks from legacy wells, but high-fidelity simulations are computationally intensive. This paper presents QWellRATE, a simplified physics-based model that rapidly estimates CO2 leakage fluxes…