New Matrix Framework to Determine Carbon Storage Technical Viability

Conference · Sun Sep 22 04:00:00 EDT 2024

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/2447445· OSTI ID:2447445

Mulhern, Julia ^[1]; Creason, Christopher ^[2]; Mark-Moser, Mackenzie K. ^[2]; Rodriguez, Neyda Cordero ^[1]; Lara, Araceli ^[3]; Shay, Jacob ^[1]; Rose, Kelly ^[2]

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1. NETL Site Support Contractor, National Energy Technology Laboratory
2. NETL
3. Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE)

Carbon storage is an integral component of reducing CO2 emissions. Research over the past two decades has developed workflows for volume assessments and economic project feasibility, providing necessary and useful tools to progress geologic carbon storage (GCS) projects. These workflows and assessments have focused primarily on determining the in-situ storage resource based on geologic and engineering parameters and do not integrate subsurface characterization with surface conditions, social factors, and environmental factors that may pose a benefit or impediment to the implementation of GCS. Furthermore, the data required to assess the technical viability of GCS are myriad and disparate. There is no current methodology that identifies technical viability criteria and systematically informs how to aggregate these factors for spatial assessments. To address this gap, the National Energy Technology Laboratory has developed a Carbon Storage Technical Viability Approach (CS TVA) Matrix that incorporates a wide variety of factors to inform and accelerate screening for GCS site selection in the United States.

• Research Organization: National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), Pittsburgh, PA, Morgantown, WV, and Albany, OR (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM); USDOE Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM), Office of Carbon Management (FE-20)
• OSTI ID: 2447445
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English