The Korea Carbon Capture & Sequestration R&D Center (KCRC) is an institution in Daejeon, South Korea, specialized in Carbon Capture & Sequestration (CCS) R&D. The Korean government has selected CCS technology as part of core technologies for green growth, and has established the National Comprehensive Plan for CCS to commercialize and ensure the international competitiveness of CCS technology by 2020. As part of the plan, the Ministry of Science, ICT and future Planning(MSIP) has developed the ‘Korea CCS 2020 Project’ to secure the best original technology of CCS and established KCRC in December 22, 2011.
The vision of KCRC is to build a research basis and develop innovative original CCS technology by integrating Korea's CCS research capabilities.
Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS)
Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS) is a technology to capture the large quantities of carbon dioxide (CO2) normally released into the atmosphere from the use of fossil fuel in power generation and other industries, transport the captured/compressed CO2 to a location for permanent storage site, and inject it into deep underground geologic formations to securely store it or convert it into useful materials.
Goal
To secure original CCS technology to economically capture CO2 from large final emittersOverview
Periods : November 1, 2011 ~ May 31, 2020 (Approximately 9 years)Budgets : 172.7 billion KRWSupported Subcontract Projects (as of 2013) : 42 Industry-University-Institute including Korea Institute of Energy Research, Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology, Korea Institute of Science & Technology, Seoul National Univ., Korea Univ., Yonsei Univ., Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Univ. of Texas, and Univ. of CaliforniaParticipants : 600 researchers with master's and doctoral degreesImplement Korea CCS 2020 Project
Develop innovative original CCS technologySecure more than 4 types of 3rd generation original CO2 capture technologyDemonstrate Korea's first integration technology for 10,000 tons of CO2 capture-transport-storage and secure core technologyDevelop more than 2 original technologies for CO2 conversion applicable to large final emittersBuild CCS Infrastructure
Think Tank for CCS Technology PolicyDevelop R&D policy and research planningEstablish R&D portfolioPromote CCS public acceptanceImprove CCS legal systemBuild a network through international cooperation in the field of CCSR&D planning and outcome managementPlan R&D through moving targetsPromote commercialization through core technology spin-off and technology transferDisseminate outcomes by operating IPR Trust SystemInformation Exchange Platform for CCS TechnologyDevelop and operate professional CCS education & training programsProvide information on the analysis of CCS R&D and policy trends of Korea and other countriesIntegrate research capabilities by holding Annual Korea CCS ConferenceKCRC WebpageKorea CCS Conference WebpageWhat is CCSKorea CCS 2020 Project