The work of the project has focused on bringing together a wide range of stakeholders and creating an environment that can enable them to agree on the approach needed to progress CCS and CCU. In addition, bringing together these diverse stakeholders – including the private and public sectors – and supporting their activities, has led to a greater understanding of the critical role that CCS and CCU technologies can play in the transition to a climate-neutral economy.
To enable stakeholders to cooperate effectively, a number of bodies were established to provide strategic direction to the project, facilitate the development of deliverables by stakeholders and ensure that the outputs of the project were effectively communicated and disseminated. These bodies met regularly over the reporting period in order to ensure that the results of the project were delivered.
The Advisory Council, which is the decision-making body of the project, met quarterly while the Advisory Council Executive Committee met every month to monitor progress between meetings of the Advisory Council. The Advisory Council meetings are also the project’s milestones and allow progress towards reaching the objectives to be assessed.
The Networks and Temporary Working Groups, which undertake the technical/economic work of the project, also met regularly. The Networks meet, on average, every three to four months while the Temporary Working Groups meet as required in order to progress specific areas of activity. This involve periods of intense activity, e.g. weekly meetings, to progress reports, etc.
To ensure effective communication and dissemination of the projects results, the External Relations Group and the linked Communications Group have met monthly to agree on the communication and dissemination priorities and activities to undertake. In order to also ensure that the work and results of the project were effectively communicated to Member State representatives, the Government Group met every four months.
The project's activities have been diverse and include;
- Supporting the work of the SET-Plan Working Group to deliver priority targets for CCS and CCU.
- Providing advice to the European Commission, other institutions, and relevant European activities where CCS and CCU can contribute, for example the High Level Group on Energy Intensive Industries, the European Clean Hydrogen Alliance, The development of the Clean Energy Transition Partnership, and the design and development of the EU ETS Innovation Fund.
- Hosting events so that external audiences can understand more about the role of CCS and CCU. These also include events in the European Parliament, and sessions at the EU Sustainable Energy and Green Weeks and EU Industry Days.
- Producing authoritative reports, for example on how CCS can contribute to delivering the Paris agreement, on trans-European CO2 transport Infrastructure, on definitions and robust accounting for Carbon Dioxide Removals, on the crucial role of low-carbon hydrogen production CO2.
