global ccs institute - day 2 - keynote - ccs in australia
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Dick Wells, National CCS CouncilTRANSCRIPT
KEYNOTE PRESENTATIONS
CCS PROGRESS IN CANADA: Dr Carmen Dybwad – IPAC-CO2 CCUS IN THE UNITED STATES: Judi Greenwald – C2ES CCS IN AUSTRALIA: Dick Wells – National CCS Council
Carbon, Capture and Storage in Australia Dick Wells Chair, Australian National CCS Council
GCCSI International Members Meeting - Calgary, Canada - 11 October 2012
Australia’s fossil fuel reliance
Source: BREE 2012, Energy in Australia 2012.
Australia’s electricity generation by energy source, 2009-10:
CCS is the only technology currently available which can significantly reduce emissions from fossil fuels.
Source: 2009 emissions from the National Greenhouse Gas Inventory 2011, DCCEE analysis.
Australia’s Emissions Profile:
Australia’s Emissions Targets and the Clean Energy Future Plan
Australia has committed to reducing emissions by: 5% below 2000 levels by 2020; and 80% below 2000 levels by 2050 (proposed)
Electricity Generation Mix (Australian Treasury Core Policy Scenario)
Source: Commonwealth of Australia (2011) ‘Strong Growth, Low Pollution: Modelling a Carbon Price’.
Australian CCS Progress
Legislative Certainty
Storage
R&D Stakeholder Engagement
Knowledge- Sharing
Community Acceptance
Project Demonstration and Financing
Australian CCS Achievements
• CCS Flagship projects • Large scale pilot and small scale
demonstration projects
• Storage exploration activities
• First GHG injection tenement
• CO2 pipeline standard study
Project Demonstration
Storage
Legislative Certainty
R&D
Australian CCS Achievements
• CCS Public Awareness Raising and Communication Strategy
• Finance Working Group
• Council submissions to raise the profile of CCS
Community Acceptance
Financing
Stakeholder Engagement
Knowledge- Sharing
Australia’s basins ranked for CO2 potential
CCS Projects in Australia
Source: CO2CRC 2012, CCS Activity in Australia
South West Hub Project Initial stage of proving up
geological storage: • Seismic modelling • Drilling stratigraphic well • Legislation and JV
South West Hub Project
2010-2012: proving up storage
2012-2015: pipeline development (Kwinana to Lesueur)
Post 2015: pipeline development (Lesueur to Perdaman)
CarbonNet Project • Location: brown coal and a large electricity generation hub. • 3 million tonnes of CO2 a year
• Currently in prefeasibility stage with exploration activities
being undertaken.
Geological model of the Gippsland Basin
Otway Project • Demonstration project in
Victoria by the CO2CRC
• Stage 1: Over 65,000 tonnes CO2 successfully injected into a depleted gas reservoir
• Stage 2: Experiments are almost complete for CO2 storage in saline formations
Gorgon Project
Callide Project
Stage 1 on track: retrofitting oxy-fuel technology to an existing power plant.
17 000 tonnes
CO2
Challenges for CCS Deployment in Australia
• Understanding storage capacity • Reducing capital and operating costs • Developing multi-user transport networks and
hubs. • Creating a nationally consistent regulatory
frameworks • Ensuring community acceptance • Extending CCS to gas-fired power generation,
LNG-processing and large-scale industrial
Timeframe for CCS Deployment (Treasury SGLP Core Scenario)
Summary
• CCS is important to Australia • We have significant potential • Much is underway but much
remains to be done!
