A CO2 capture ready plant is designed so that it can include CO2 capture when the necessary regulatory or economic drivers are in place. The aim of building plants that are capture ready is to reduce the risk of stranded assets or ‘carbon lock-in’. Developers of capture ready plants should take responsibility for ensuring that all known factors in their control that would prevent installation and operation of CO2 capture have been identified and eliminated. This might include:
- A study of options for CO2 captures retrofit and potential pre-investments
- Inclusion of sufficient space and access for the additional facilities that would be required
- Identification of reasonable route(s) to storage of CO2