SCCS welcomed a trade delegation of CCS colleagues from Korea on 01 July 2025 for a workshop to discuss CCS developments in Scotland and the UK, and to explore collaborative opportunities. The visit, the second to Edinburgh in as many years, reaffirmed existing and well-developed relationships, following a similar workshop in 2023 that explored hydrogen solutions for net zero, and the signing of a MoU between SCCS and the Korea CCUS Association, also in 2023. We were joined by colleagues from the School of Engineering and the Business School at Edinburgh University.
The delegation was warmly welcomed by SCCS Programme Manager, Gillian White, who started proceedings with an introduction to SCCS and CCS and carbon management activities from across the School of GeoSciences. Introductions from the Korean side followed, which included representatives from MOTIE (Ministry of Trade, Industry & Energy), Korea CCUS Association, Samsung E&A, Korea South-East Power Co., Korea Midland Power Co., and the Department for Business and Trade from the British Embassy Seoul.
“As an alumna of the University of Edinburgh, it was a real honour to return as part of the Korean delegation. As partner organisations, I hope KCCUS and SCCS can now move toward deeper, more practical collaboration—narrowing the gap between Europe and the Asia-Pacific through joint CCS efforts. KCCUS is ready to contribute actively wherever we can.”
– Jiwoo Lim, Korea CCUS Association
The main body of the workshop was comprised of a number of academic and project-related presentations covering onboard carbon capture application in the maritime sector, and wider energy system integration of CCS.
- Onboard Carbon Capture using Hollow Fibre-based Adsorption Technology
Dr Francisco R Garcia Garcia, Senior Lecturer in Chemical Reaction Engineering, School of Engineering, The University of Edinburgh
- Advancing CO2 Capture PSA-SPUR (Pressure Swing Adsorption with Selective Purge Gas Recirculation) Technology through Industrial Projects
Dr Hyungwoong Ahn, Senior Lecturer, School of Engineering, The University of Edinburgh
- EverLoNG: Demonstration of ship-based carbon capture on LNG-fuelled ships
Richard Lindsay Stevenson, Project and Research Analyst, SCCS
- Developing integrated systems for CCS deployment
Prof. Hannah Chalmers, Personal Chair of Sustainable Energy Systems, School of Engineering, The University of Edinburgh
Lively discussion preceded a relaxed and informal lunch - and the obligatory group photo - where delegates were interested in key concerns and policy direction of CCS in Scotland and the UK, public acceptability and understanding of CCS, current CCS research and major CCS projects from across the UK, including the Acorn project in Nort East Scotland.
"The enthusiastic engagement and productive discussions during this week's workshop demonstrated how the UK and Korea are naturally aligned partners in CCUS innovation. With the UK's ambitious industrial strategy on carbon capture and Korea's significant clean energy investments, we're excited about the collaborative opportunities ahead and look forward to deepening this vital partnership for our shared net zero goals.", said Cindy Kim, Head of Trade, British Embassy Seoul.
The half-day workshop was hosted and co-organised by SCCS, Edinburgh Innovations and The School of Engineering at SCCS partner institute, The University of Edinburgh.
“SCCS was delighted to work with our academic partners here in Edinburgh and to once again host our esteemed CCS colleagues all the way from Korea. We were able to give but a flavour of everything that goes on across the SCCS partnership and at The University of Edinburgh, while digging a bit deeper into some really pioneering capture technologies that could have major applications within the Korean power sector and shipbuilding industry. We hope to deepen our collaborative efforts there and more generally as Korea looks to implement CCS domestically.”, said Gillian White, SCCS Programme Manager.
Photos credit: SCCS
