{"id":49697,"date":"2026-02-19T07:35:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T07:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/co2hubeurope.dk\/?p=49697"},"modified":"2026-02-23T19:40:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T19:40:00","slug":"if-ccs-feels-expensive-look-at-how-weve-designed-the-risks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/co2hubeurope.dk\/?p=49697","title":{"rendered":"If CCS feels expensive, look at how we&#8217;ve designed the risks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\ud835\uddd6\ud835\uddd6\ud835\udde6 \ud835\uddf6\ud835\ude00 \ud835\uddef\ud835\uddf2\ud835\uddf0\ud835\uddfc\ud835\uddfa\ud835\uddf6\ud835\uddfb\ud835\uddf4 \ud835\uddfa\ud835\uddfc\ud835\uddff\ud835\uddf2 \ud835\uddf2\ud835\ude05\ud835\uddfd\ud835\uddf2\ud835\uddfb\ud835\ude00\ud835\uddf6\ud835\ude03\ud835\uddf2 \ud835\ude01\ud835\uddf5\ud835\uddee\ud835\uddfb \ud835\uddf6\ud835\ude01 \ud835\uddfb\ud835\uddf2\ud835\uddf2\ud835\uddf1\ud835\ude00 \ud835\ude01\ud835\uddfc \ud835\uddef\ud835\uddf2.<br>Not because the technology is immature.<br>But because of how we\u2019ve designed the risk.<br><br>Across Europe, the debate still revolves around funding envelopes.<br><br>But early CCS experience suggests something more structural: the bottleneck is coordination, not capture technology.<br><br>Capture projects are being engineered.<br>Storage initiatives are progressing.<br>Industrial actors are ready.<br><br>The constraint is how the value chain fits together.<br><br>Storage is not just geology. It becomes real only when reservoirs are characterised, permitted, connected to infrastructure \u2014 and backed by contracted volumes.<br><br>Without reliable storage access, capture projects are hard to finance.<br>Without committed volumes, storage projects are risky to develop.<br><br>This circular dependency is not a national issue.<br>It is a European system design challenge.<br><br>CCS is capital-intensive and long-term. Capital prices uncertainty.<br><br>If storage maturity, transport access and cross-border interoperability remain unclear \u2014 and individual projects carry full value-chain risk \u2014 costs increase.<br><br>Higher risk means higher required support. Or fewer realised projects.<br><br>For cement, steel and waste-to-energy, CCS is not optional. Under the EU ETS, it is increasingly a competitiveness condition.<br><br>The policy question should shift from:<br><br>\u201c\ud835\udddb\ud835\uddfc\ud835\ude04 \ud835\uddfa\ud835\ude02\ud835\uddf0\ud835\uddf5 \ud835\uddf3\ud835\ude02\ud835\uddfb\ud835\uddf1\ud835\uddf6\ud835\uddfb\ud835\uddf4 \ud835\uddf6\ud835\ude00 \ud835\uddfb\ud835\uddf2\ud835\uddf2\ud835\uddf1\ud835\uddf2\ud835\uddf1?\u201d<br><br>to<br><br>\u201c\ud835\udddb\ud835\uddfc\ud835\ude04 \ud835\uddf1\ud835\uddfc \ud835\ude04\ud835\uddf2 \ud835\uddff\ud835\uddf2\ud835\uddf1\ud835\ude02\ud835\uddf0\ud835\uddf2 \ud835\ude00\ud835\ude06\ud835\ude00\ud835\ude01\ud835\uddf2\ud835\uddfa\ud835\uddf6\ud835\uddf0 \ud835\uddff\ud835\uddf6\ud835\ude00\ud835\uddf8 \ud835\uddee\ud835\uddf0\ud835\uddff\ud835\uddfc\ud835\ude00\ud835\ude00 \ud835\ude01\ud835\uddf5\ud835\uddf2 \ud835\uddfb\ud835\uddf2\ud835\ude01\ud835\ude04\ud835\uddfc\ud835\uddff\ud835\uddf8?\u201d<br><br>\ud835\ude0a\ud835\ude0a\ud835\ude1a \ud835\ude2a\ud835\ude34 \ud835\ude2f\ud835\ude30\ud835\ude35 \ud835\ude22 \ud835\ude24\ud835\ude30\ud835\ude2d\ud835\ude2d\ud835\ude26\ud835\ude24\ud835\ude35\ud835\ude2a\ud835\ude30\ud835\ude2f \ud835\ude30\ud835\ude27 \ud835\ude31\ud835\ude33\ud835\ude30\ud835\ude2b\ud835\ude26\ud835\ude24\ud835\ude35\ud835\ude34.<br>\ud835\ude10\ud835\ude35 \ud835\ude2a\ud835\ude34 \ud835\ude22 \ud835\ude2f\ud835\ude26\ud835\ude35\ud835\ude38\ud835\ude30\ud835\ude33\ud835\ude2c \ud835\ude2a\ud835\ude2f\ud835\ude25\ud835\ude36\ud835\ude34\ud835\ude35\ud835\ude33\ud835\ude3a \ud835\ude2a\ud835\ude2f \ud835\ude35\ud835\ude29\ud835\ude26 \ud835\ude2e\ud835\ude22\ud835\ude2c\ud835\ude2a\ud835\ude2f\ud835\ude28.<br><br>\ud835\ude0e\ud835\ude26\ud835\ude30\ud835\ude2d\ud835\ude30\ud835\ude28\ud835\ude3a \ud835\ude24\ud835\ude33\ud835\ude26\ud835\ude22\ud835\ude35\ud835\ude26\ud835\ude34 \ud835\ude31\ud835\ude30\ud835\ude35\ud835\ude26\ud835\ude2f\ud835\ude35\ud835\ude2a\ud835\ude22\ud835\ude2d.<br>\ud835\ude0a\ud835\ude30\ud835\ude30\ud835\ude33\ud835\ude25\ud835\ude2a\ud835\ude2f\ud835\ude22\ud835\ude35\ud835\ude2a\ud835\ude30\ud835\ude2f \ud835\ude24\ud835\ude33\ud835\ude26\ud835\ude22\ud835\ude35\ud835\ude26\ud835\ude34 \ud835\ude2e\ud835\ude22\ud835\ude33\ud835\ude2c\ud835\ude26\ud835\ude35\ud835\ude34.<br><br>If Europe gets the architecture right, CCS can scale faster \u2014 and at lower cost.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud835\uddd6\ud835\uddd6\ud835\udde6 \ud835\uddf6\ud835\ude00 \ud835\uddef\ud835\uddf2\ud835\uddf0\ud835\uddfc\ud835\uddfa\ud835\uddf6\ud835\uddfb\ud835\uddf4 \ud835\uddfa\ud835\uddfc\ud835\uddff\ud835\uddf2 \ud835\uddf2\ud835\ude05\ud835\uddfd\ud835\uddf2\ud835\uddfb\ud835\ude00\ud835\uddf6\ud835\ude03\ud835\uddf2 \ud835\ude01\ud835\uddf5\ud835\uddee\ud835\uddfb \ud835\uddf6\ud835\ude01 \ud835\uddfb\ud835\uddf2\ud835\uddf2\ud835\uddf1\ud835\ude00 \ud835\ude01\ud835\uddfc \ud835\uddef\ud835\uddf2.Not because the technology is immature.But because of how we\u2019ve designed the risk. Across Europe, the debate still revolves around funding envelopes. But early CCS experience suggests something more structural: the bottleneck is coordination, not capture technology. Capture projects are being engineered.Storage initiatives are progressing.Industrial actors &#8230; <a title=\"If CCS feels expensive, look at how we&#8217;ve designed the risks\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/co2hubeurope.dk\/?p=49697\" aria-label=\"Read more about If CCS feels expensive, look at how we&#8217;ve designed the risks\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-insight"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/co2hubeurope.dk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49697","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/co2hubeurope.dk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/co2hubeurope.dk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/co2hubeurope.dk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/co2hubeurope.dk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=49697"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/co2hubeurope.dk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49697\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49698,"href":"https:\/\/co2hubeurope.dk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49697\/revisions\/49698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/co2hubeurope.dk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=49697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/co2hubeurope.dk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=49697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/co2hubeurope.dk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=49697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}