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Number of carbon capture projects operating, being built and planned

The number of carbon capture projects in the IEA's CCUS Projects Database that operate, are under construction or are planned, counting those due to start by 2026, by 2030 and by 2035, with the IEA explorer's rule for which projects capture CO2.

Latest value

67projects

World (projects in every country in the database), 2035. Version CCUS Projects Database, file of 2026-03-26.

Number of carbon capture projects operating, being built and planned (projects)

9 values from 2026 to 2035. Lines: Operating, Under construction, Planned.
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Number of carbon capture projects operating, being built and planned, every value
PeriodProject statusValue (projects)Status
2026Operating67final
2030Operating67final
2035Operating67final
2026Under construction23projection
2030Under construction44projection
2035Under construction44projection
2026Planned2projection
2030Planned165projection
2035Planned198projection
Calculated by Environment Dashboard from IEA 2026; CCUS Projects Database, https://www.iea.org/data-and-statistics/data-product/ccus-projects-database, License: CC BY 4.0 Changes: Counted the capture projects behind the IEA explorer's capacity by status. CC BY 4.0, subject to the IEA Notice for CC-licensed Content.

Where it comes from

Producer
International Energy Agency · CCUS Projects Database (via the CCUS Projects Explorer)
Version
CCUS Projects Database, file of 2026-03-26
File
https://iea.blob.core.windows.net/scripts/ccus-projects-database/data/projects.json
Fetched
2026-10-08 (automatically), 81,098 bytes
Fingerprint
sha256 d132d5f6032cc4794e32a2fbebf232b83eea36d2625ecfd91e240f37f0d8c035ETag 0x8DE8B2368A938A2 · Last-Modified Thu, 26 Mar 2026 10:35:32 GMT
Copies
Archived copy (Wayback Machine) Our copy of the exact file
Cite the producer
IEA, CCUS Projects Database, IEA, Paris https://www.iea.org/data-and-statistics/data-product/ccus-projects-database, Licence: CC BY 4.0

What was done to it

  1. Read the CCUS Projects Explorer's data file (fetched 2026-10-08, Last-Modified 2026-03-26, sha256 d132d5f6032c…): 422 projects, read with exact decimals.

    Code: pipeline/src/envdash/transforms/energy/iea_ccus.py · code sha256 ff9283d96f56d127… · inputs d132d5f6032c…

  2. Kept the 390 projects the explorer counts: capacity above zero and a status other than 'Suspended/cancelled/decommissioned'.

    Code: pipeline/src/envdash/transforms/energy/iea_ccus.py · code sha256 ff9283d96f56d127… · inputs d132d5f6032c…

  3. Applied the explorer's status chart rule (no transport or storage projects) and counted, for each status, the projects starting by 2026, by 2030 and by 2035 (cumulative).

    Code: pipeline/src/envdash/transforms/energy/iea_ccus.py · code sha256 ff9283d96f56d127… · inputs d132d5f6032c…

What it covers

Geography
World (projects in every country in the database)
Basis
Announced capacity of capture facilities (capture, full-chain and utilisation projects; transport and storage projects left out), as the IEA's CCUS Projects Explorer sums it. Capacity is what a facility is designed or announced to capture, not CO2 actually captured or stored. Only projects above 100,000 tonnes a year (1,000 for direct air capture) with an announced timeline are in the database.
Unit
projects (projects)