Asia Pacific is turning to CCS as one of the key solutions to help countries reduce CO
2 emissions. One country that has an opportunity to become a strategic regional CCS hub is Indonesia.
Why CCS in Asia Pacific and Indonesia?
Let’s ask Cindy.
“What’s unique about CCS is that you need the right geology to safely and permanently store carbon from captured emissions. Not all countries have that. Indonesia not only has the right geology, but it also has decades of oil and gas experience and a lot of historical data.”
CCS works by capturing CO
2 emissions from industrial activity, especially from hard-to-abate sectors such as power plants, cement factories, and steel mills. The CO
2 is removed at the source, compressed and transported for safe, secure, and permanent storage deep in underground geological formations.
Supporting existing infrastructure
The ability to work with existing infrastructure in Indonesia – rather than having to create entirely new systems – also plays a key role.
“What’s great about CCS is that it lets existing infrastructure and industry keep going; you’re bolting this capture, transport and storage process to the back end of whatever ecosystem you have now, meaning you don’t need to start again from scratch,” Cindy says. “You just add it to what you have and keep moving forward.”