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Free Malaysia Today
5 days ago
- Business
- Free Malaysia Today
Norway launches flagship large-scale carbon capture and storage project
The Longship project bears the English name for Vikings' wooden ships. (AFP pic) OSLO : Norway on Tuesday launched a flagship carbon capture and storage (CCS) project, a technology seen as crucial to curbing climate change but struggling to find a viable economic model. Bearing the English name for the Vikings' wooden ships, the Longship project involves capturing carbon dioxide emitted from a cement plant and later from an incineration plant, transporting it by ship to a terminal on Norway's west coast, and then injecting and storing it beneath the seabed. The project has received significant financial support from the Norwegian state, which will cover 22 billion kroner (US$2.2 billion) of the total estimated cost of 34 billion kroner for the installation and operation over the first 10 years. Norway has presented Longship as the 'world's first full-scale value chain' for capture and storage of carbon in the greenhouse gases that cause harmful climate change. 'This is not just an important moment for Norway, it is a breakthrough for carbon capture and storage in Europe,' Norwegian energy minister Terje Aasland said. For the capture component, the facility will be officially inaugurated Wednesday at a cement plant operated by Germany's Heidelberg Materials in Brevik, southeastern Norway. It will prevent 400,000 tonnes of CO2 from escaping into the atmosphere each year. Another part of the project, the Hafslund Celsio waste incineration plant near Oslo, is also expected to capture 350,000 tonnes of CO2 starting in 2029. The liquefied carbon dioxide will be transported by ship to the Oygarden terminal near Bergen, where it will be injected into a pipeline to be stored 110km offshore in a saline aquifer 2.6km below the seabed. The terminal has been in place since last year as part of the Northern Lights project – led by oil giants Equinor, Shell and TotalEnergies – which claims to be 'the world's first commercial CO2 transport and storage service'. Backed by the UN's intergovernmental panel on climate change (IPCC) as a way of reducing the carbon footprint of industries hard to decarbonise, such as cement and steel, CCS technology remains complex and expensive. Without financial assistance, it is currently more profitable for industries to purchase 'pollution permits' on the European carbon market than to pay for capturing, transporting and storing their CO2. The total global carbon capture capacity currently amounts to only about 50 million tonnes, according to the International Energy Agency, equivalent to just 0.1% of global annual emissions.
Time of India
19-06-2025
- Business
- Time of India
Heidelberg sells out of net-zero cement from Norway plant, CEO says
Brevik: Germany's Heidelberg Materials has pre-sold all the cement it will produce this year from a Norwegian production line upgraded with zero-emissions technology, its CEO said on Wednesday, as builders seek to reduce their carbon footprint. Traditional cement production is responsible for around 8 per cent of global CO2, generating huge emissions volumes not only from the coal used to heat kilns, but also during the critical process of converting limestone into clinker. It is considered a "hard to abate" sector, meaning mitigating emissions is particularly difficult. The CO2 capture facility at Heidelberg's factory in Brevik, southern Norway, will capture around 400,000 metric tons of CO2 per year. That represents 50 per cent of the plant's emissions, allowing for the production of a net-zero product dubbed evoZero, Heidelberg CEO Dominik von Achten told Reuters at the facility's official opening. The Brevik plant has annual production capacity of just over one million tons of cement, around half of which will be produced under the evoZero brand. "We are not going to produce the full amount this year as the plant is ramping up. But we are sold out for 2025 and we continue to fill the order book," he said. Though more expensive than regular cement, von Achten said evoZero offers benefits to customers looking to decarbonise their construction projects. The facility is part of Norway's heavily subsidised Longship carbon capture and storage project aimed at commercialising the emissions reduction technology. If widely adopted, Norwegian policymakers say the technology would help the world reach the Paris climate agreement's targets and curb global warming. The government is paying two-thirds of Longship's estimated cost of around 30 billion crowns ($3 billion), which includes CO2 capture at a waste plant in Oslo and storage deep below the seabed at the Northern Lights site in western Norway. "What the Norwegian government did is to de-risk the project for the parties involved," von Achten said, adding that, without it, the project would not have been possible. The CO2 removed at Brevik will be loaded onto purpose-built carriers and shipped to the Northern Lights facility, which opened last year and is co-owned by Shell, Equinor and TotalEnergies. "We know that the hard to abate sectors and the difficult industrial sectors that have no alternative need CO2 capture and storage as part of the solution," Norway's Energy Minister Terje Aasland told Reuters.
Business Recorder
19-06-2025
- Business
- Business Recorder
First carbon capture cement facility opens in Norway
BREVIK (Norway): Norway on Wednesday inaugurated the first large-scale facility for capturing carbon dioxide emissions at a cement plant, making it possible to manufacture the world's first 'carbon free' cement. The Heidelberg Materials plant in Brevik in southeastern Norway can now capture up to 400,000 tonnes of CO2 per year — 50 percent of its emissions — thanks to amino-based solvents. Through a 'book and claim' system, the company, one of the world's biggest cement producers and more than a century old, will be able to virtually redistribute the gain to its other cement plants and thereby offer clients partially or fully decarbonised products. 'This cement product will be near zero (emissions),' Heidelberg Materials chief executive Dominik von Achten told AFP. Once transformed into the final product concrete, which absorbs small quantities of CO2 throughout its life cycle, 'it will be net zero', he said. The volume of decarbonised cement sold will depend on the amount of CO2 actually captured at Brevik, and the type of cement sold, as the amount of carbon varies from product to product. But according to Heidelberg Materials, it will be around several hundreds of thousands of tonnes — a fraction of the annual global cement production of 4.2 billion tonnes. Cement production alone accounts for seven percent of global greenhouse gases, according to the Global Cement and Concrete Association. The partial decarbonisation of the cement plant in Brevik is part of the Longship project, backed by the Norwegian state, aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Launched on Tuesday, Longship will capture carbon dioxide emitted from industrial sites — the Heidelberg cement plant and, in a later stage, an incineration plant — and transport it by ship to a terminal on Norway's west coast, where it will be injected and stored beneath the seabed. The Norwegian state will cover 22 billion kroner ($2.2 billion) of the total estimated cost of 34 billion kroner for the installation and operation over the first 10 years. It is 'an incredibly important technology to (enable us to) respect our (climate) commitments under the Paris Agreement', Norwegian Energy Minister Terje Aasland told AFP. 'If we want to meet the climate challenges we are facing, we have to capture CO2, especially in the industries where there are no alternatives,' he added, citing cement production as an example. Carbon capture and storage is backed by the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) as a way of reducing the carbon footprint of industries hard to decarbonise, such as cement and steel. But the technology remains complex and expensive. Without financial assistance, it is currently more profitable for industries to purchase 'pollution permits' on the European carbon market than to pay for capturing, transporting and storing their CO2.
Local Norway
18-06-2025
- Business
- Local Norway
Norway launches flagship 34 billion kroner carbon capture project
Bearing the English name for the Vikings' wooden ships, the Longship project involves capturing carbon dioxide emitted from a cement plant, and later from an incineration plant. The CO2 will be transported by ship to a terminal on Norway's west coast, and then injected beneath the seabed for storage. The project has received significant financial support from the Norwegian state, which will cover 22 billion kroner ($2.2 billion) of the total estimated cost of 34 billion kroner for the installation and operation over the first 10 years. Norway has presented Longship as the "world's first full-scale value chain" for capture and storage of carbon, one of the greenhouse gases that cause climate change. "This is not just an important moment for Norway, it is a breakthrough for carbon capture and storage in Europe," Norwegian Energy Minister Terje Aasland said. For the capture component, the facility will be officially inaugurated Wednesday at a cement plant operated by Germany's Heidelberg Materials in Brevik, southeastern Norway. It will prevent 400,000 tonnes of CO2 from escaping into the atmosphere each year. Advertisement Another part of the project, the Hafslund Celsio waste incineration plant near Oslo, is also expected to capture 350,000 tonnes of CO2 a year starting in 2029. The liquefied carbon dioxide will be transported by ship to the Oygarden terminal near Bergen, where it will be injected into a pipeline to be stored 110 kilometres (68 miles) offshore in a saline aquifer 2.6 kilometres below the seabed. The terminal has been in place since last year as part of the Northern Lights project, led by oil giants Equinor, Shell and TotalEnergies, which claims to be "the world's first commercial CO2 transport and storage service". Also on Tuesday, Switzerland's government, known as the Federal Council, announced that it had signed an agreement with Norway on "carbon storage". Swiss Environment Minister Albert Rosti, who visited the Northern Lights project this week, said in a council statement that "carbon storage will be crucial for Switzerland on its path to net zero". "The agreement will allow Swiss CO2 to be stored in Norway and also enable both countries to trade negative emissions in a state-recognised framework," the council said. Swiss Environment Minister Albert Rosti, who recently visited the Northern Lights project, said "carbon storage will be crucial for Switzerland on its path to net zero". CCS technology is cited by the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) as a way of reducing the carbon footprint of industries hard to decarbonise, but it remains complex and expensive. Without financial assistance, it is currently more profitable for industries to purchase "pollution permits" on the European carbon market than to pay for capturing, transporting and storing their CO2. The total global carbon capture capacity currently amounts to only about 50 million tonnes, according to the International Energy Agency, equivalent to just 0.1 percent of global annual emissions.
Time of India
17-06-2025
- Business
- Time of India
Norway launches flagship large-scale carbon capture and storage project
The liquefied CO2 (LCO2) carrier Northern Pioneer of Northern Lights (Image credit: AFP) Norway on Tuesday launched a flagship carbon capture and storage (CCS) project, a technology seen as crucial to curbing climate change but struggling to find a viable economic model. Bearing the English name for the Vikings' wooden ships, the Longship project involves capturing carbon dioxide emitted from a cement plant and later from an incineration plant, transporting it by ship to a terminal on Norway's west coast, and then injecting and storing it beneath the seabed. The project has received significant financial support from the Norwegian state, which will cover 22 billion kroner ($2.2 billion) of the total estimated cost of 34 billion kroner for the installation and operation over the first 10 years. Norway has presented Longship as the "world's first full-scale value chain" for capture and storage of carbon in the greenhouse gases that cause harmful climate change. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Doctors Beg: Take These 4 Ingredients Before Bed to Burn Fat Hollywood Today | Health Learn More Undo "This is not just an important moment for Norway, it is a breakthrough for carbon capture and storage in Europe," Norwegian Energy Minister Terje Aasland said. For the capture component, the facility will be officially inaugurated Wednesday at a cement plant operated by Germany's Heidelberg Materials in Brevik, southeastern Norway. It will prevent 400,000 tonnes of CO2 from escaping into the atmosphere each year. Another part of the project, the Hafslund Celsio waste incineration plant near Oslo, is also expected to capture 350,000 tonnes of CO2 starting in 2029. The liquefied carbon dioxide will be transported by ship to the Oygarden terminal near Bergen, where it will be injected into a pipeline to be stored 110 kilometres (68 miles) offshore in a saline aquifer 2.6 kilometres below the seabed. The terminal has been in place since last year as part of the Northern Lights project -- led by oil giants Equinor, Shell and TotalEnergies -- which claims to be "the world's first commercial CO2 transport and storage service". Backed by the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) as a way of reducing the carbon footprint of industries hard to decarbonise, such as cement and steel, CCS technology remains complex and expensive. Without financial assistance, it is currently more profitable for industries to purchase "pollution permits" on the European carbon market than to pay for capturing, transporting and storing their CO2. The total global carbon capture capacity currently amounts to only about 50 million tonnes, according to the International Energy Agency, equivalent to just 0.1 per cent of global annual emissions.
