Mennicken Lothar, Janz Alexander, Roth Stefanie
Division Resources and Sustainability, Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Bonn, Germany.
Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Project Management Jülich, Berlin, Germany.
Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2016 Jun;23(11):11386-11392. doi: 10.1007/s11356-016-6641-1. Epub 2016 Apr 20.
Carbon capture and utilization (CCU) is a field of key emerging technologies. CCU can support the economy to decrease the dependency on fossil carbon raw materials, to stabilize electricity grids and markets with respect to a growing share of fluctuating renewable energy. Furthermore, it can contribute to mitigate anthropogenic CO2 emissions. The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research has provided substantial financial support for research and development projects, stimulating research, development, and innovations in the field of CO2 utilization. This review provides an overview over the most relevant funding measures in this field. Examples of successful projects demonstrate that CCU technologies are already economically viable or technologically ready for industrial application. CCU technologies as elements of a future "green economy" can contribute to reach the ambitious German sustainability targets with regard to climate protection as well as raw material productivity.
碳捕获与利用（CCU）是关键新兴技术领域。CCU有助于经济发展，减少对化石碳原料的依赖，在波动的可再生能源份额不断增加的情况下稳定电网和市场。此外，它有助于减少人为二氧化碳排放。德国联邦教育与研究部为研发项目提供了大量资金支持，推动了二氧化碳利用领域的研究、开发和创新。本综述概述了该领域最相关的资助措施。成功项目的实例表明，CCU技术在经济上已经可行，或在技术上已准备好用于工业应用。作为未来“绿色经济”要素的CCU技术有助于实现德国在气候保护和原材料生产率方面的宏伟可持续发展目标。
