Carbon Dioxide Transport

CO2 capture will only be economic at large point sources of CO2 such as power stations and large industrial plants. In most case these will not be near to a suitable underground reservoir for storing the CO2 and therefore the CO2 will have to be transported.

Transport is currently the least complicated element in the CO2 capture and storage chain as the technology is already in existence and costs can be realistically estimated.

The main complication with CO2 transport is that CO2 behaves differently under varying pressures and temperatures and therefore transport of CO2 must be carefully controlled to prevent solidification and blockages occurring.

CO2 can also be transported by tanker trucks although this would not be feasible for large quantities.