LEVEL I consists of testing received knowledge at the end of each day.  

The course grants participants a certificate of knowledge and status of LEVEL I, allowing them to apply for the next LEVEL II course. 

h – academic hour, 1 h = 45 min

There is a 30-minute knowledge test at the end of each day.

Day 1

• Introduction. Technical comparison of Carbon-neutral technologies (2 h)

-Introduction to climate change, sustainability and CCS.

-Greenhouse gases and the greenhouse effect, anthropogenic CO2 emissions.

-Comparison of renewable energy, energy storage, and fossil fuels with CCS and nuclear energy.

• Intro to CCUS (2 h)

–CO2 sources and capture. Carbon budget. Fossil fuels and industry emissions.

–Global CO2 emissions: total and per Capita. European and regional CO2 emissions.

–Paris Climate Agreement 2015 and Global Fight to Zero. EU Emissions Trading System.

• CO2 capture methods for the energy sector and industry (2 h)

-Basics of post-combustion, pre-combustion and oxyfuel technologies for power plants.

-Separation principles. Basics of capture technologies for industry (cement, steel and iron).

-CO₂ compression. CO₂ captured versus avoided. Cost of CO₂ avoided.

Day 2

• CO2 transport and geological storage options (2 h)

-CO₂ transport options (pipelines and ship transport).

-Introduction to geology. Geological Storage sites.

-Transport properties of fluids in rocks. CO₂ trapping mechanisms.

• Regional CO2 storage capacity worldwide overviews and regional modules (Europe, Baltic, Nordic, USA, Canada, etc.)(2 h) 

-Main principles of CO₂ storage site selection.

-Depleted hydrocarbon fields.

-Deep saline formations, other options.

-Methods of storage capacity estimation (overview).

-World and regional storage capacity.

-Examples of storage projects.

• CO2 storage risks and safety (2 h)

-Health, Safety and Environmental risks with CO₂ storage (HSE).

-Local and Global Risks

-CO₂ storage monitoring (targets, regulations, examples)

Day 3

• Legal aspects (2 h)

-Multilateral environmental agreements (London Protocol, OSPAR, HELCOM)

-EU CCS Directive and EU ETS

-International examples of CCS regulations.

-International Standards for CCS (ISO)

• Negative emission technologies  (2 h)

-Negative emission Technologies (NET)

-Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Sequestration – BECCS.

-Direct Air Capture (DACCS)

• CCUS clusters (2 h)

-The concept of CCUS clusters and hubs. CO₂ use options.

-Advantages of CCUS clusters.

-The best-known CCUS clusters in the world

-Challenges and lessons learned

Day 4

• CCS in basalts (2 h)

-Location of basalts in the world. Mineral carbonation reaction in basalts.

-In-situ mineral carbonation in basalts: Iceland, CarbFix Project and Wallula Basalt  Pilot Project in the USA.

-Comparison of CO₂ geological storage and mineral carbonation technologies.

• Underground circular use of CO₂ (CO₂-EOR). Part 1 (2 h)

-Description of technology and processes

-Experience from US and Canada. Projects in operation.

-Retargeting of the oil and gas business into storage projects.

• Underground circular use of CO₂ (Geothermal Energy recovery). Part 2 (2 h)

-Introduction to Geothermal Energy

-CO₂-plume geothermal system

-CO₂-based geothermal heat mining for power production combined with CCS and EHR

Day 5

• Underground H₂ storage (2 h)

-Introduction to H₂ energy production (energy storage option).

-Underground H₂ storage options: (salt caverns, saline aquifers, depleted oil and gas reservoirs)

-Hydrogen storage capacity and future prospects.

• Synergy scenarios (2 h)

-Possibilities for synergy of CO₂ and H₂ storage and geothermal energy recovery

-Examples of synergy scenarios

-Advantages of synergy scenarios and possible problems

• Future prospects of carbon neutral geo-technologies and their role by 2070 (2 h)

-CCUS in Clean Energy Transitions

-CCUS in the Sustainable Development Scenario

-Comparison of geo-technologies their role and costs by 2050 and 2070