A 1.5°C global warming scenario outlined by the UN Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change (IPCC) includes an annual reduction of 6 billion tonnes of CO2 through Carbon Capture, Storage, and Utilization (CCUS) by 2050. Similar scenarios from other sources arrive at roughly the same target. Following capture, the CO2 must be transported to storage or utilisation sites.

Does it make sense to transport CO2 as frozen pellets in a box container?

There is growing discussion in the industry about the need to transport CO2 by ship where pipelines are not available. The discussions usually lead to the assumption that the best way to do it is with tankers, carrying CO2 as a liquid.

Following some days with global heat records, it's obvious that we should be more than busy turning down the heat. While the long-term solution is to minimize our resource and energy use and switch away from fossil fuels to renewables - this is undisputed. However, the clock is ticking so we need to bring down emitted CO2 levels to the atmosphere rapidly. One of the tools to do that is by capturing and storing CO2 from point emitters, CCS.

Tidligere toppsjef i DNV foreslår å frakte CO2 som tørris i standard containere. – Billigere og enklere, sier Henrik O. Madsen.

Why transport of CO2 in liquid form is not the best idea.

by Henrik O. Madsen,

A 1.5 degrees Celsius global warming scenario by 2100 from the Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change (IPCC) assumes an annual CO2 reduction of 6 billion tons from Carbon Capture and Storage by 2050. This CO2 must be transported from a capture site to a storage or utilization site. For comparison, today’s annual transport of coal is about 7.5 billion tons.