For the past two years, the UKCCSRC has hosted a series of industry and policy led “What are our research needs?” workshops. These workshops were intended to inform UK researchers and identify the key research needs, which will be published and linked to the scope of the UKCCSRC Flexible Funding calls. 

The UKCCSRC hosted another series of industry and policy led “What are our research needs?” workshops on 31 January – 3 February 2022. See the event listing here. 

The workshops were intended to inform UK researchers and identify the key research needs, which will be published and linked to the scope of the UKCCSRC Flexible Funding 2022 call. The workshops were as follows (click on the titles to see research needs identified in each area):

• Monday 31st January, 2-4pm: Capture (including hydrogen production with CCS and amine based solvent reclaiming)
• Tuesday 1st February, 10am-12 noon: Environmental impacts (including Health and Safety)
• Wednesday 2nd February, 10am-12 noon: Storage (including aquifers)
• Thursday 3rd February, 10am-12 noon: Policy (including public engagement)
• Thursday 3rd February, 2-4pm: Transportation (including networks and improving flexibility of networks/storage and capture plant operations and monitoring)

The workshops started with short presentations from the UK industry/policy panel members, followed by input from any other UK industry (or policy/regulator) participants on the call, with a view to identifying up to ten key UK research needs under the guidance of the industry/policy chair. The meeting was then opened up for UK academic (and any further industry/policy/regulator) questions, mainly around clarification of the research needs that have been identified.

Workshop numbers were restricted, with priority given to UK CCS academics eligible to apply to the UKCCSRC Flexible Funding 2022 call and CCS industry and policy leads with links to the UKCCSRC and CCSA. The identified ‘key research needs’ have been published below following the workshops. Presentations and recordings are also available below (where we have permission to share them).

Recordings of the presentations are available below, where we have permission to share them. Recordings are not available for the discussions that followed the presentations.

Slides from the presentations are available below, where we have permission to share them.

Jamboards were created as part of each workshop. The workshop included industry, policy makers, regulators and academic researchers.

Recordings of the presentations are available below, where we have permission to share them. Recordings are not available for the discussions that followed the presentations.

Slides from the presentations are available below, where we have permission to share them.