SET-PLAN IMPLEMENTATION

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1 SET-PLAN IMPLEMENTATION The Steering Group of the SET-Plan in its last meeting on October 28 th, 2010 agreed to speed-up the execution of activities of the Implementation Plans (IPs) of the European Industrial Initiatives (EIIs). It was decided to collectively identify the possibilities for launching joint actions between Member States and/or Member States and the European Commission. The mapping exercise carried out through this questionnaire builds upon this decision of the Steering Group. It aims to identify topics for leveraging best ongoing efforts with complementary joint actions, as prioritized by the Implementation Plans. In this phase the mapping will focus on projects and activities with a total budget higher than 1 M. We trust that you also consider the success of this exercise important for the immediate implementation of the SET-Plan. MAPPING OF PROJECTS, ACTIVITIES, RESOURCES AND INVESTMENTS To which EII(s) is your project, activity, resource or investment relevant? (multiple choices are possible) WIND SOLAR GRIDS CCS NUCLEAR BIOENERGY X A. PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES GENERAL INFORMATION Name of project: Acronym: Give project acronym, if applicable Location: Applicable only for demo/pilot project; enter specific location(s) and Member State(s) Carbon Management in Power Generation CARMA - Rev. 1 January 2011 Page 1 of 6

2 Project partners: List project partners; name coordinator first. For European & international projects mention the country affiliation of each partner Project website: Contact details: Name, affiliation and contact details of the project coordinator Start date: mm-yyyy Duration: in months ETH Zurich (Prof. Marco Mazzotti), EPF Lausanne, Paul Scherrer Institut, University of Berne, Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz and GeoForm. ETH-Zürich Prof. Dr. Marco Mazzotti Institut f. Verfahrenstechnik ML G 27 Sonneggstrasse Zürich SWITZERLAND Phone: Fax: marco.mazzotti@ipe.mavt.ethz.ch months SHORT PROJECT DESCRIPTION Provide a short abstract of max. 100 words The CARMA project aims at exploring the potential for and the feasibility of the deployment of CCS in Switzerland within the framework of future energy scenarios. Moreover, we aim at exploiting the available expertise to develop new CCS technologies and know-how, which might be applied in Switzerland and worldwide. As to the potential role of CCS, we intend to evaluate the economic, environmental, societal, and legal implications of CCS, as well as to assess the geological storage potential in Switzerland. As to the new technologies, we intend to build on the strengths, experience and available equipment of the research groups involved, focusing on the so-called pre-combustion capture and on the mineral carbonation process. PROJECT GOALS & OBJECTIVES Goals: Indicate main qualitative goals - Assessing the barriers to and potential of CCS deployment in Switzerland. - CCS technology development for national and international application. Rev. 1 January 2011 Page 2 of 6

3 Objectives: Indicate quantitative objectives (similar to KPIs of the IPs of the EIIs). Also indicate intermediate milestones where applicable. 1. Quantitative environmental and economic assessment of the potential of CCS technologies in Switzerland and in another country with predominantly fossil electricity supply, vis-à-vis other options for the reduction of CO2 emissions. 2. Testing and design of technologies for power generation systems based on hydrogen combustion within pre-combustion CO2 capture schemes.. 3. Assessment of the CO2 geological storage potential in Switzerland, including risk analysis and induced seismicity hazard. 4. New process for mineral carbonation, as a new means of CO2 storage worldwide. 5. Assessment of public perception and legal aspects associated to the deployment of CCS systems in Switzerland and in neighbouring countries PERFORMANCE OF THE PROJECT Assumed state-of-the-art: Describe quantitatively the state-of-the-art that the project objectives are based upon Achievements so far: If intermediate results are available, please indicate the current achievements (qualitative and/or quantitative) n.a. 1. CO2 point sources mapped. Preliminary economic assessment for capture costs from cement/incineration/ngcc. 2. Thermo-economic model for capture technology developed. Several experimental setups are finalized to study combustion fundamentals of H2-rich fuels in gas turbines. 3.Theoretical CO2 geological storage potential is estimated. Database of injection-induced seismicity compiled. 4. New experimental set-up finalized to study the combination of CO2 capture and storage by flue gas CO2 mineralization. 5. Lay people concepts regarding CO2 and CCS identified and tested for prevalence. Several communication experiments performed. Rev. 1 January 2011 Page 3 of 6

4 Difficulties and potential risks: Indicate briefly problems encountered or to be encountered in the short term (e. g. overall legislative context, public acceptance, permitting, etc.) Estimation of storage capacity is theoretical and needs to be proven in a pilot study. CCS knowledge among public too little to take informed decisions. CCS up to date absent from political agenda. Permitting procedure not known for Switzerland. Referring to Swiss CO2 law (SR-No : ): -New fossil fuel powered power plants have to reach a min. efficiency of 62%. -CO2 emissions from fossil fuel fired power plants have to be compensated domestically (current version of law: max 30% may be compensated abroad). FUNDING & BUDGET Funding programme: Give the name of funding programme Funding public entity: Indicate which public entity is in charge of /manages the programme Total (public & private) project budget (1 =1.3CHF): ETH Domain, Swisselectric research, Swiss Federal Office of Energy (BFE), and Alstom ETH Domain, BFE, Swiss National Fund (SNF) 4.2 M Public funding (1 =1.3CHF): 3 M Total effort (person-months) 512 DISSEMINATION OF PROJECT RESULTS Publications, presentations in conferences and workshops, and other dissemination means: Give highlights only Total Number of Publications in peer reviewed journals and reports: 17 Total Number of Presentations (e.g. GHGT, TCCS, ): 23 Project members are active within IEA-GHG, ETP-ZEP, CO2NET, DECARBit, ECCSEL TOWARDS COMMERCIALISATION Rev. 1 January 2011 Page 4 of 6

5 Indicate (new) products and/or services expected from the project. Are new business models required for commercialisation of the project results? Highlight expected commercialisation benefits, e.g. patents, spin-offs, new products, business partnerships A new processes for direct flue gas CO 2 mineralization is being developed. New combustion techniques and layouts are being designed, relevant for H 2 -rich combustion (for pre-combustion capture technology). Database for injection-induced seismicity. SYNERGIES WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION PLANS OF THE EUROPEAN INDUSTRIAL INITIATIVES NETWORKING KNOWLEDGE SHARING Contribution to/relevance with the IPs: To your opinion, to which activities of the IPs of the EIIs is this project related to? Indicate contributions / complements. Please note that reference here is made to the activities of the IPs as published in activities/implementation-plans (hazard assessment of storage) Potential synergies with other projects and activities: Can you identify any other project(s) in your country, another MS or at European level that could be synergetic with this project? H2-IGCC (EU funded) Networking: Would you be willing to share results with the projects identified above? Indicate willingness to networking and also potential conditions Yes Knowledge sharing: Would the abovementioned Networking necessitate a formal knowledge sharing agreement? To your view would this be the preferred route? Mineral carbonation technology may have conflict potential with existing/future IPR. Future steps: Are there any follow-up activities considered after the completion of your project? Is there a need to scale up activities in this topic at European level? A pilot study for CO2 injection (field test). Scale-up of mineral carbonation process together with industrial partners. CCS technology development continues, also under the ECCSEL (European Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage Laboratory Infrastructure). Also within the framework of the H2-IGCC program. RESOURCES AND INVESTMENTS B. RESOURCES AND INVESTMENTS Rev. 1 January 2011 Page 5 of 6

6 Describe in short any RD&D infrastructures that your project relies on. Are these available or do they need to be developed? Lab infrastructure available at research institutes (mainly ETH Zurich, Paul Scherrer Institute, Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz, Uni Berne). If these are to be developed, what is the corresponding investment required? What is the allocated budget ( ) for this investment in your project? does not apply OTHER INFORMATION Date: when the questionnaire was completed Information provider: Give the name and affiliation of the contact person for the questionnaire. If you are the project coordinator, check the box 15 April 2011 Gunter Siddiqi, Deputy Section Head - Energy Research, Swiss Federal Department of the Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications, Federal Office of Energy, Postal address: 3003 Bern, Switzerland Tel Mobile project coordinator Please send the completed form to set-plan-secretariat@ec.europa.eu preferably by FEBRUARY 15 the extended deadline of APRIL 15. Thank you for your cooperation! Rev. 1 January 2011 Page 6 of 6