In this emerging market there are many factors to be considered when evaluating technology and project readiness. This panel discussion will touch on the stages of technology development and challenges when advancing to higher technology readiness levels (TRLs) and readiness for deployment. As technologies reach larger-scale demonstrations and deployments, complete projects are developed that must consider more than just the technology advancement and design of the system. As such, this panel discussion will also discuss project funding and financing as this becomes a critical component of project readiness, and other challenges facing the large-scale deployment of carbon capture.