Cost-effective balance between CO 2 vessel and pipeline transport: Part II – Design of multimodal CO 2 transport: The case of the West Mediterranean region

Method for identifying drivers, barriers and synergies related to the deployment of a CO2 pipeline network

“…This study provided a method to identify drivers, barriers and synergies (DBS) related to the deployment of a regional CO 2 pipeline network. The method was demonstrated for the West Mediterranean region (WMR) and is related to other research carried out in the COMET project (Boavida et al, 2013;Gouveia et al, 2013;Kanudia et al, 2013;Van den Broek et al, 2013b), in which several possible CO 2 pipeline networks were modelled under three scenarios that differed with respect to: (i) whether CO 2 pipelines should follow existing pipelines (mainly natural gas) where available (Conservative CCS and Cross-frontier scenario), or not (Free-routes scenario), and (ii) on the possibility to transport CO 2 across national borders (Cross-frontier scenario) or to restrict CO 2 transport to the country level (Conservative CCS and Freeroutes scenarios).…”

“…Eight scenarios were devised for the WMR for the time period 2010-2050 with different assumptions on gross domestic production (GDP) growth and concomitant CO 2 emissions, CO 2 emission reduction levels, CCS availability, storage potential, CO 2 pipeline networks, and the possibility to transport CO 2 across country borders (see Gouveia et al, 2013). For the design of the pipeline networks, both the CO 2 point sources and sinks were clustered together to reduce the number of pipelines and exploit economies of scale (see Figs.…”

“…Such an inventory has hitherto not been carried out for this region. In the COMET project, the potential role of CCS in the WMR as well as several possible CO 2 pipeline networks have been modelled (Gouveia et al, 2013;Kanudia et al, 2013Kanudia et al, , 2012aVan den Broek et al, 2013b) (see Section 2). The results showed that CCS can play an important role in the WMR to achieve deep CO 2 emission reductions.…”

Perspectives on Future CCUS Infrastructure Design

“…The total construction cost between two network nodes can then be calculated using a modified Dijkstra's (1959) shortest path algorithm. Geske et al (2015b) applied a piecewise linear cost model to optimally design a multi-modal (pipeline and shipping) CO 2 transport network and applied it to case studies across the West Mediterranean region. MILP models were used as a basis for the design optimisation of multi-modal European CO 2 transport networks in the studies by D'Amore et al ( 2021) and Becattini et al (2022).…”

Optimizing the Design of Supply Chains for Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Sequestration in Europe: A Preliminary Assessment

“…Overall, considering the framework of modeling, simulation, and optimization of CO 2 SCs, very few contributions optimized comprehensive CCUS superstructures (i.e., continent-wide) and, in particular, most of these considered only EOR as a unique utilization pathway, given its well-known practice and capability of generating profits. However, although there is great potential with EOR, it is not recognized as a viable and large-scale solution in Europe (Geske et al, 2015). On the other hand, those very few articles including other routes (such as methanol, bio-butanol, and polymers) are focused on a regional-to-countrywide level, and never address the problem of CO 2 conversion and utilization at the European scale.…”