European value chain for CO2 (ECCO) is a collaborative research project initiated in 2008 under EU’s Seventh
Framework Programme (FP7) [1]. The main objective of ECCO is to facilitate robust strategic decision making
regarding early and future deployment of CO2 value chains.
The ECCO project strategy is based on the critical evaluation of several case studies that will enlighten various
aspects of carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) and point out the most promising CO2 chain alternatives. The
evaluation will be based on techno-economical analysis performed using a software tool that is being developed
within the project. After the project completion, this tool is intended to be useful for future stakeholders in CCS
value chains. For instance, the tool could assist commercial companies in their feasibility studies for investing in
(part of) a value chain and governments in evaluating the potential and costs of various CCS incentives on overall
climate control policy objectives. The development of the ECCO Tool is now well underway, and the first compiled
test version of the tool is ready. This paper describes the structure and intended use of this tool.