Baker Hughes’ CarbonEdge Optimises CCUS Risk Management

Known as one of America’s leading energy technology companies, Baker Hughes is helping transform the landscape of carbon capture, utilisation, and storage (CCUS) operations with its pioneering solutions.

CarbonEdge is an innovative solution that marks a significant step forward in the industry's efforts to combat climate change and optimise carbon management processes.

Powered by Baker Hughes’ Cordant technology, CarbonEdge is the first end-to-end, risk-based digital solution designed specifically for CCUS operations.

Baker Hughes: Revolutionising CCUS operations

Baker Hughes’ CarbonEdge offers comprehensive support for regulatory reporting and operational risk management, providing users with a unified approach to managing CCUS infrastructure.

Wabash Valley Resources will leverage CarbonEdge for measurement, monitoring and verification of CO₂ and collaborate with Baker Hughes on the solution’s continued development.

“CCUS technology solutions are essential for driving decarbonisation of the energy and industrial sectors on our path to solving climate change,” says Baker Hughes’ Chairman and CEO Lorenzo Simonelli.

“With the launch of CarbonEdge, we not only expand our portfolio of digital solutions to support new energies and empower our customers’ ability to mitigate risk while enhancing operational efficiency, but also take a bold step toward a future with more sustainable energy development.

“We look forward to working alongside Wabash Valley Resources to refine and evolve CarbonEdge, ensuring it continues to meet the dynamic needs of a rapidly changing industry.”

At the heart of CarbonEdge is an intuitive, integrated dashboard that delivers precise, real-time data and alerts on carbon dioxide flows throughout the entire CCUS lifecycle. This enables operators to effectively identify and manage risks, improve decision-making processes, enhance operational efficiency and streamline regulatory reporting.

Advanced risk management and reporting

Baker Hughes' extensive portfolio of technologies and expertise spanning the entire CCUS value chain has positioned the company as the sole provider combining advanced risk management and reporting technology for CO₂ measurement, monitoring and verification (MMV) with comprehensive digital monitoring capabilities.

CarbonEdge integrates with Baker Hughes’ subsurface modelling and autonomous modelling solutions, offering storage site characterisation workflows and comprehensive MMV frameworks. 

This integration allows for a holistic approach to CCUS project management, addressing complex challenges from operational efficiency to regulatory compliance.

Collaboration and future development

The launch of CarbonEdge is accompanied by a strategic partnership with the aforementioned  Wabash Valley Resources (WVR), a pioneer in low-carbon ammonia fertiliser production. 

In July 2024, WVR and Baker Hughes signed a long-term agreement for advanced technology services and solutions to support WVR's ammonia production, including compression systems, injection well construction and testing and monitoring services for CO₂ geological sequestration.

As the launch customer, WVR will utilise CarbonEdge to measure, monitor and verify the volumes of CO₂ collected, transported and sequestered underground. 

As the first fully integrated digital offering within Baker Hughes' Climate Technology Solutions portfolio, CarbonEdge joins a suite of digital solutions including JewelSuite, Leucipa and Cordant. These technologies collectively aim to increase efficiency, enhance operational predictability and support efforts to reduce emissions across the energy and industrial value chains.

How is Baker Hughes a decarbonisation champion?

Leveraging its solutions to yield positive results, Baker Hughes demonstrates its commitment to reducing carbon emissions by providing technology to aid the energy transition.

And it’s not just in carbon capture where Baker Hughes’ products shine. Its hydrogen-ready technologies, such as the NovaLT™12 gas turbines supplied to Snam, support the transition to cleaner energy sources. 

Baker Hughes itself has set ambitious targets to reduce Scope 1 and 2 CO₂e emissions by 50% by 2030 and achieve net zero by 2050.

Its CEO, Allyson Anderson Book, is speaking at Sustainability LIVE: Climate Week NYC.

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