The United States, Canada, Norway, and the United Kingdom have assumed leadership roles in carbon storage readiness, according to the Global Carbon Capture and Storage Institute’s Global Storage Portfolio, published last week. These countries have taken strides in the identification and assessment of storage sites, having established advanced understanding of the storage potential of their nations. The new report compiles data from these and other countries to “provide a comprehensive worldwide summary of geological storage resource assessments from almost 50 countries,” according to a Global CCS Institute release.
“The identification and quantification of storage sites, both in North America and globally, is critical to the deployment of carbon capture and storage (CCS) as part of a worldwide effort to close the gap between current international climate commitments, and what scientists say is needed in order to limit global warming to well below 2° Celsius,” Jeff Erikson, the Institute’s general manager for the Americas, said in the release.
