ACCSESS innovation could help industry manage their CO₂ emissions and mineral residues at the same time
ACCSESS is currently working on an innovation that uses mineral residues and CO2 emitted from industrial processes to produce high purity calcium carbonate. This technology has the potential to reduce industrial CO2 emissions while creating value for industrial actors through the production of calcium carbonate, and contributing to managing their waste.
LCA as a tool for understanding environmental impacts and benefits of CCUS and alternative fuels: insights from the second LCA to CCUS & alternative fuels workshop
On 7 March 2024, the EU Horizon 2020 projects ACCSESS and ConsenCUS co-hosted the second LCA to CCUS and alternative fuels workshop. Life cycle assessments are highly relevant for understanding the potential of CCUS to contribute to EU climate strategies and goals.
Exploring Public Perception on CCUS in Europe: A Social Media Analysis Approach
As part of the European project ACCSESS, Fraunhofer has investigated the perception of carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) technologies in Europe. In addition to a traditional survey, Fraunhofer conducted a social media analysis and a sentiment analysis. This was to ensure that the data was as representative of people’s true attitudes towards CCUS as […]
What are the environmental impacts of CO₂ capture, transport and storage?
In order for CCS to contribute to our net-zero goals, its value chain must store more CO₂ emissions than it creates. To investigate this, PhD candidate Johannes Burger has conducted a life cycle assessment on four European CCS value chains that are being focused on in ACCSESS: two cement plants, a pulp-and-paper plant, and a waste-to-energy plant.
Are plants the key to succeeding with carbon dioxide removal?
Plants capture CO2 naturally through photosynthesis. When those plants decay or are burned, the CO2 is released back into the atmosphere. However, if we capture and permanently store those CO2 emissions, we can actually remove CO2 from the atmosphere. This is known as carbon dioxide removal – or CDR.
How can we decarbonise cement production?
Cement production alone is responsible for around 7% of global, man-made CO2 emissions. Carbon capture and storage (CCS) can quickly reduce CO2 emissions from industries like cement, which society depends on but are difficult to decarbonise.
Introducing ACCSESS: Redefining CCS
The second part of “Introducing ACCSESS” focuses on how the project has redefined “CCS” to reflect its work with accelerating CCS deployment and innovation.
Introducing ACCSESS: Addressing drastic CO2 emissions cuts and removal in four key industries
The first part of “Introducing ACCSESS” explores how the project seeks to remove current and future CO2 emissions from four industrial sectors.
ACCSESS: A technology collaboration for carbon dioxide removal
At Trondheim Tech Port 2022, Kristin Jordal presented on how ACCSESS is travelling across Europe with the goal of removing CO2 from the atmosphere.