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Technology Solutions

Working with industry several different technology options have been identified at various stages of commercialisation but could be implemented during the roadmap for industrial decarbonisation in Scotland

 

These will be modelling to understand how different technologies might be implemented across the whole of the Scottish cluster.

Net Zero Scenarios

To understand the possible pathways to deliver Net Zero for industry, different scenarios will be assessed. Six initial scenarios have been developed that map potential impacts on industrial decarbonisation based on the timing of different decarbonisation actions (e.g. CCUS, hydrogen fuel switching and electrification):

Scenario Fuel Switching Efficiency Process emissions H2 production CO2 transport Non-industry: heat Non-industry: transport
Base-case Baseline Moderate CCUS Early Blue, local, early Pipeline, early Electricity, Hydrogen, DHN* Electric cars, H2 trucks
Soft Start Biomass, electricity High CCUS Later Blue, local, early Pipeline, later Electricity, Hydrogen, DHN* Electric
Local H2 network Hydrogen Low CCUS Later Blue, local, early Pipeline, early Electricity, Hydrogen, DHN* Electric cars, H2 trucks
H2 economy Hydrogen High CCUS Early Blue, national, early Pipeline, early Hydrogen H2
Renewables push Biomass, Electricity, Hydrogen Low CCUS Early Green, national, early Pipeline, later Hydrogen, Electricity, Biomass Electric
CO2 shipping Baseline Moderate CCUS Early Blue, local, early Shipping, Rail Electricity, Hydrogen, DHN* Electric cars, H2 trucks

 

*Domestic Heating Networks

These will be modelling to understand how different technologies might be implemented across the whole of the Scottish cluster.

What’s next?

NECCUS has submitted a bid to Innovate UK to deliver the Net Zero Roadmap for Scotland.

The project will collaborate with the rich vein of existing decarbonising projects in the region, and expertise from global Net Zero projects, which many of the partner organisations are taking a lead role on. We aim to identify future actions Scotland can take to accelerate the green recovery, including identifying opportunities for inward investment and how to take advantage of low carbon infrastructure to provide a service for the rest of the UK and Europe.

The 12 partners organisations are: NECCUS, Aker Solutions, Costain, Doosan Babcock, Energy System Catapult, Halliburton, Optimat, Pale Blue Dot, the Oil & Gas Technology Centre, SCCS – University of Edinburgh, CEP – University of Strathclyde, and Wood.

If the bid is successful, the project team hope to commence work on Phase 2 – the Roadmap delivery in January 2021, with the project expected to take 24 months to fully deliver on its objectives, and interim results being released during this time.

What else is happening?

In addition to the Roadmap projects, the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund is also supporting two other initiatives.

The Industrial Decarbonisation Research and Innovation Centre (IDRIC) based at Heriot Watt University in Scotland https://idric.org/
A series of projects to mature the deployment of key infrastructure for industrial decarbonisation. NECCUS is collaborating with Pale Blue Dot and others on the Scotland Net Zero Infrastructure (SNZI) project to develop infrastructure projects for both CO2 transport and storage, and Hydrogen. https://pale-blu.com/2020/04/17/pale-blue-dot-welcomes-industrial-strategy-challenge-funding/
The aspiration is that the Roadmap defines the pathways to deliver Net Zero for industry, IDRIC delivers the continued research and innovation to support these pathways, and the Infrastructure Deployment projects enable the backbone infrastructure which industry can use.

Want to know more?

The links below provide more information on the Roadmap project to date. We will continue to add to this as we progress the project in the future.

Want to know more?

The links below provide more information on the Roadmap project to date. We will continue to add to this as we progress the project in the future.

  • Summary report
    Summary-Report.pdf
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  • Stakeholder engagement summary
    stakeholder_engagement_summary.pdf
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  • Analysis Scottish industrial emissions baseline
    analysis_scottish_industrial_emissions_baseline.pdf
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  • Scanning of technology options
    scanning_of_technology_options.pdf
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  • Prioritisation of technologies
    prioritisation_of_technologies.pdf
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  • Scale and cost reductions
    scale_and_cost_reductions_with_technology_deployment.pdf
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  • Scoping of industrial energy system modelling
    energy_system_modelling_scoping.pdf
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