The Carbon Capture & Storage Association (CCSA) held its inaugural International CCUS Awards ceremony in London on October 13, 2026, honoring 10 project developers, technology providers, researchers, and financial institutions across the global carbon management value chain.
Major infrastructure winners included the Dutch Porthos transport and storage project, the UK’s Net Zero Teesside (NZT) Power gas-fired capture development, the Northern Endurance Partnership, and North America’s Deep Sky Alpha direct air capture asset.
The awards took place alongside the CCSA’s annual conference, where industry leaders reiterated calls for long-term policy certainty and capital protection amid tightening government budgets in key European markets.
The Carbon Capture & Storage Association (CCSA) has announced the winners of its inaugural International CCUS Awards 2026 , recognizing breakthrough technologies, project developments, and industry leaders driving carbon capture, utilization, and storage deployment worldwide.
Hosted in London, the ceremony brought together over 150 policymakers, corporate executives, and technical specialists across the CCUS ecosystem.
Sponsored by Team Norway, the awards evaluated commercial infrastructure deployments, direct air capture innovation, modular capture hardware, and novel project finance mechanisms.
CCUS Infrastructure Project: Porthos (Netherlands), recognized for developing one of the EU’s first commercial-scale offshore CO2 transport and subsea storage hubs.
CCUS Capture Project: NZT Power (UK), awarded for advancing the world’s first commercial gas-fired power station integrated with full-chain carbon capture.
CCUS Innovation: Carbon Clean (UK), honored for its modular CycloneCC technology designed to lower capital costs and physical installation footprints.
Carbon Removals or Utilization Project: Deep Sky (Canada), recognized for deploying the Deep Sky Alpha facility, North America’s first integrated direct air capture-to-storage carbon removal infrastructure.
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