Case study 2: remote monitoring of a CCS unit

So, what is CCS, and why is it important to enterprises and countries across the globe? Carbon capture is the process of encapsulating carbon dioxide, which gets emitted by industries during the production process. CCS is used by heavy industries (cement, steel, oil, plastic, machine building, and power plants) to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, helping them toward achieving net-zero emission scores. The captured carbon dioxide is then stored far below the earth’s surface. There are many interesting applications for how stored carbon can be utilized. Globally there are around 100 CCS projects live, and they play a role in offsetting global warming.

The origin of CCS

The initial idea of capturing carbon dioxide and preventing it from being released into the atmosphere originated in the 1970s. At a gas processing unit in Texas, USA, the captured carbon dioxide was released into a nearby oil field. As a result of this...