Carbon Capture, Use and Storage Hubs and Technologies Program - Technologies Stream

The Carbon Capture, Use and Storage (CCUS) Hubs and Technologies Program  will support deploying CCUS1 at scale through co-funding of innovative advancements in CCUS technologies, and the development of commercial scale CCUS assets and shared hub infrastructure. It also seeks to support cost reductions associated with storage site selection and development.

The program will be delivered through two streams, the $150 million Carbon Capture, Use and Storage Technologies Stream and the $100 million Carbon Capture, Use and Storage Hubs Stream.

The Technologies stream will focus on supporting collaboration and innovation in CCUS technologies and the identification and development of viable CO2 storage sites, especially where these may support development of Clean Hydrogen Industrial Hubs or clean LNG production facilities.

The CCUS Technologies Stream will be delivered through three focus areas:
a) researching, developing or commercialising carbon capture and storage technologies
b) researching, developing or commercialising CO2 utilisation technologies
c) feasibility and geological studies into new potential CO2 storage locations.

The objectives of this stream are to:

• drive cost reductions in deploying CCUS at scale through innovative advancements in CCUS technologies  
• progress the deployment of CCUS projects from R&D towards commercial operation  
• foster domestic and international collaboration to research, develop or commercialise carbon capture and storage, and carbon utilisation technologies with export potential (either through the export of the technologies themselves, or through the export of clean or low carbon products, services or offsets)
• improve the understanding of viable large-scale CCS hub sites in Australia, especially where these are in proximity to potential Clean Hydrogen Industrial Hubs or clean LNG production facilities
• increase Australia’s capabilities in ramping up CO2 abatement in the long-term