Global aviation issues and Covid infections meant that many were unable to attend. It still managed three successful days through a hybrid solution.

Three CSLF projects

The Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum Technical Group, CSLF PIRT (Project Interaction and Review Team) had received applications from three projects that wanted to be recognised as CSLF projects. These were:

• CO₂Ment from Canada
• Northern Lights from Norway
• Porthos from the Netherlands

The criteria for being recognised as a CSLF project include the project bringing something new to the implementation of carbon capture and storage. All these new projects do, and all three were recognised. These projects will bring lots of new knowledge that will benefit both countries and stakeholders going forwards.

Awards were handed out during the meeting to three CSLF projects that have contributed significantly to the implementation of CCS so far:

• Technology Center Mongstad (TCM) which was CSLF-recognised in London in 2009
• Boundary Dam which was CSLF-recognised in Beijing in 2011
• Tomakomai which was CSLF-recognised in Tokyo in 2016

Two panel discussions were held later in the meeting. The first was led by Bruno Gerrits from Global CCSI and primarily focused on transfer of experience from large-scale pilot projects. Boundary Dam, Tomakomai, Northern Lights, the Heidelberg Materials project and Alberta Carbon Trunk Line had representatives. An important takeaway was the significance of projects being open and reporting on issues that arose and how they were resolved.

The second panel discussion was led by Tim Dixon from IEAGHG and focused on how research and testing infrastructure could contribute to standardisation and scale-up. The International Test Center Network, TCM, CO₂Geonet, Otway Research Facility and ECCSEL took part in the discussion. The discussion pointed to the significance of this sort of infrastructure in reducing the risk associated with scale-up and in contributing to standardisation. All participants underlined the challenges in getting funding for infrastructure and operations.

CEMCCUS Initiative, Mission Innovation CDR and the Clean Energy Transition Partnership (CETP) also provided brief updates. All of these initiatives have good synergy with CSLF.

All presentations at the meeting will be made available on the CSLF website

A CDR workshop was held on 28 June

The workshop provided an overview of the policy framework for CDR from the IPCC, the United State’s CDR efforts and the status of Mission Innovation CDR. Furthermore, an introduction to CDR technologies was given with more details on DAC (Direct Air Capture), mineralisation and BECCS (Bioenergy with CCS). Afterwards, several technology suppliers and users spoke about their technologies, before rounding off with a panel discussion on CDR and what the right way to register carbon removal might be. The importance of life-cycle assessments at a system level was brought up. The meeting closed with group work to identify barriers and drivers for CDR.

The IEAGHG will publish a report that summarises the key points from the workshop.

Furthermore, presentations from the CDR workshop will also be made available on the CSLF website 2022 Technical Group Mid-Year Meeting | CSLForum.

Participants were also able to visit Northern Lights on 29 June.