Clean Air Task Force Response to the European Commission’s Consultation on List of Candidate Projects of Common Interest: CO2 Networks

The Clean Air Task Force (CATF) advocates for the inclusion of diverse CO2 transport and storage projects in the EU's PCI and PMI lists to enable the decarbonisation of hard-to-abate sectors. CATF emphasizes the need to expand infrastructure beyond the North Sea to Southern, Central, and Eastern Europe, and to develop flexible transport networks using pipelines, shipping, barges, and trains. The document highlights that by 2050, 300 to 640 million tonnes of CO2 must be captured and stored annually in the EU, with at least 30% of industrial emissions requiring transport to non-North Sea storage.

• Modelling indicates that the EU's transition to net zero will require the annual capture and storage of between 300 and 640 million tonnes of CO2 by 2050.
• CO2 storage development is currently a major bottleneck in the EU, with only one site under construction in the wider region, located in Norway.
• CATF analysis suggests that by 2050, at least 30% of captured industrial emissions will need to be transported to storage sites outside of the North Sea to avoid prohibitive costs.
• To meet future demand at the lowest cost, the EU requires a mix of flexible, rapidly deployable transport (ships, barges, trains) and large-scale pipeline projects such as the German Carbon Transport Network, EU2NSEA, and the Delta Rhyne Corridor.
• Germany is identified as a major emitter, with CATF estimating that approximately 70 Mt of industrial emissions may need to be captured there by 2050.
• Poland faces significant storage access challenges due to a ban on onshore storage, with an estimated 23 Mt of CO2 requiring export from the Baltic coast by 2050.

APA

Clean Air Task Force (n.d.). Clean Air Task Force Response to the European Commission’s Consultation on List of Candidate Projects of Common Interest: CO2 Networks. https://cdn.catf.us/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/29133546/co2-pci-consultation-catf-response.pdf

Chicago

Clean Air Task Force. Clean Air Task Force Response to the European Commission’s Consultation on List of Candidate Projects of Common Interest: CO2 Networks. n.d. https://cdn.catf.us/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/29133546/co2-pci-consultation-catf-response.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{cleanairtaskforcendclean, author = {{Clean Air Task Force}}, title = {{Clean Air Task Force Response to the European Commission’s Consultation on List of Candidate Projects of Common Interest: CO2 Networks}}, publisher = {Clean Air Task Force}, url = {https://cdn.catf.us/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/29133546/co2-pci-consultation-catf-response.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }