8th Post Combustion Capture Conference Summary

Overview

The IEAGHG PCCC series accelerates global progress in carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS), direct air capture (DAC) and bio-energy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) by providing a trusted forum for sharing cutting-edge R&D, real-world operational insights and lessons from pilot-to-commercial-scale projects. By bringing together researchers, technology developers, industrial operators and policymakers, it helps align innovation with deployment needs, reduces technical and financial risk, and promotes the development of standards and best practices. The conference strengthens collaboration across sectors, informs policy and investment decisions with credible data and supports the scale-up of advanced capture technologies. Ultimately, this helps to enable faster, more cost-effective, and reliable deployment of carbon-removal and emissions-reduction solutions worldwide.

Building on this strong track record, the PCCC-8 technical programme comprised 115 oral presentations delivered across three parallel streams comprising a total of 24 technical sessions, marking the first time the series has run three streams and representing an increase of around 40% in oral presentations compared with PCCC-7, underscoring the breadth and depth of the conference. A further 26 posters complemented the oral sessions providing additional opportunities for technical discussion. In total, PCCC-8 attracted 240 delegates from 24 countries, making it the largest PCCC to date. The presentations were selected by the PCCC-8 Technical Committee from a pool of 166 abstracts across the spectrum of post combustion capture technologies.

In total, nine keynote speakers anchored the programme, providing strategic and technical perspectives that complemented the content of the technical sessions. The support of the conference sponsors, including TotalEnergies, The Shell and Technip Energies Carbon Capture Alliance, MHI, Honeywell, Axens and ION Clean Energy, was instrumental in making PCCC-8 a success. Their contributions helped to ensure that the conference could offer affordable registration fees for delegates, while maintaining a robust technical programme and an excellent overall experience.

Special thanks are also due to all those involved in the organisation of PCCC-8, whose efforts enabled a productive and well-run event.