CCUS Market Outlook and Trends – H1 2026
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The global CCUS market is at an important juncture, where the execution of the current pipeline will be key to market scaling and securing the technology’s position as a decarbonization pathway alongside other high-growth low-carbon technologies.
Over the course of 2025, 42 projects, including both capture and storage facilities, started operations. This resulted in annual CCS capacity increasing by 25% from 2024. While this represents significant sector progress, rates of deployment remain low compared to the total bank of announced projects, with over 650 projects aiming to start operations between 2026 and 2030, based on project announcements.
Despite a large pipeline of CCUS projects, current rates of project deployment remain slow, with 42 projects starting operations over the course of 2025. Based on the current slate of project announcements, over 950mtpa of annual CCS capacity across capture and storage projects aims to enter operations by the end of the decade. This compares to the IEA’s Net Zero Scenario requirements of 1GtCO2 removal by 2030, indicating an undershoot even under a 100% project completion rate scenario.
Scope
Snapshot of CCUS capacity growth over the past year
CCUS capacity outlook, 2021 – 2030
Regional breakdown of CCUS capacity
Leading countries for CCUS capacity at the end of the decade.
Largest upcoming carbon capture projects
Largest upcoming carbon storage projects
Carbon capture adoption across facility industries
Leading owners of CCS capacity
CCUS deal activity throughout 2025
Recent CCUS related M&A activity
Key CCUS policy developments
Key Highlights
The United States continues to lead for both active CCUS projects, as well as capacity across upcoming developments. Despite concerns of repeal, the retention of the 45Q tax credit has helped to restore some confidence to the country’s CCUS market. However, the withdrawal of $3.7B of funding in June 2025 from carbon capture, as well as other clean energy demonstration projects, has also dampened market expectations.
Furthermore, ongoing uncertainty remains surrounding the status of federal funding for two of the largest direct air capture (DAC) facilities in the US, significantly hampering the scaling of more emerging technology pathways in the US.
The UK also continues to rank highly, facilitated by the capacity associated with the projects that form part of its track 1 and 2 clusters. Other notable developments include 3 UK CCUS projects reaching FID across 2025.
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Learn about the latest CCUS policy developments.
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