The Hague in the Netherlands
Carbon capture tops agenda at GPAE Conference 2025
Gas Processors Association Europe brings together leading specialists at annual event in Netherlands to analyse the challenges and opportunities presented by technology at heart of Europe’s decarbonisation strategy
CCUS was high on the agenda as around 100 delegates gathered at the Gas Processors Association Europe (GPAE) conference 2025 in The Hague, the Netherlands, in early June. During the three-day event, specialists from across the value chain scrutinised the challenges and opportunities presented by CCUS, one of the key technologies at the heart of the energy transition in Europe. The EU is backing CCUS as one of its main tools to decarbonise industry. It has set a goal of developing a CO₂ injection capacity of 50mt/yr of CO₂ by 2030. “The main enabler for CCUS is a policy that pays for the decarbonisation” Chilukuri, Holcim One of the hard-to-abate industries in the process of deploying
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