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Message from the Director
2015 is the 7
th
year in operation for
BIGCCS – International CCS Research Centre
that has grown to
a powerful centre of excellence; both in terms of the number of people involved and the results
produced. This was evidenced during the 8
th
Trondheim Conference on CO
2
Capture, Transport and
Storage
(TCCS-8) that was held in June. The conference was organized by BIGCCS under auspices of
NTNU and SINTEF with 350 participants whereof 185 from abroad, strong industry participation and
a renewed momentum in the CCS discussions. BIGCCS contributed with 15 oral presentations and 12
posters, and the achievements was summarized in the TCCS publication
BIGCCS Innovations – Measures
to Accelerate CCS Deployment.
Further, the BIGCCS Consortium Day containing technical meetings, poster sessions, General
Assembly as well as the Climit-BIGCCS PhD seminar was a great success. All together 30 innovations
were presented and discussed during the technical meetings and the poster sessions. The dialogue
between experts representing BIGCCS industry partners, researchers, PhD students, professors and
representatives from the Climit program taking place during these days, gives renewed motivation, and
relevance to the 2016 strategies and work plans.
2015 has been a very productive year for the educational program led by Professor Truls Gundersen,
NTNU. Five PhD students defended their thesis in 2015. In total, 26 of the PhDs and postdocs have now
completed their work, all with results contributing to the acceleration of the implementation of CCS.
During 2015, the concept study for the
Norwegian full-scale CCS project
was of great interest for BIGCCS
since the issues being discussed in the Norwegian full-scale project are linked to the research areas of
BIGCCS. It has been interesting and motivating to note the relevance of the research topics in BIGCCS.
In addition to innovations and education, BIGCCS is also expected to deliver publications, both as highly
ranked journal papers as well as popular science. BIGCCS has recorded 563 publications in the Cristin
database all together. In 2015, 25 journal papers, 59 conference and scientific presentations, 15 blogs,
8 newsletters, 25 media contributions.
As this annual report shows, the international cooperation with origin in BIGCCS is
substantial. In 2015, three Horizon 2020 CCS projects were started, all with strong
links to BIGCCS. The projects are Gateway and CEMCAP (hosted by SINTEF), and
ECCSEL (hosted by NTNU).
By this I would like to thank the large BIGCCS team for the efforts to address real
barriers to CCS, hence the contribution to full-scale CCS deployment.
Mona J. Mølnvik