CSLF Technology Roadmap 2021

The Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum (CSLF) Technology Roadmap 2021 is an update of the 2017 version, based on reported progress and published documentation on carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) activities between October 2017 and February 2021.

 

The road map

The roadmap provides recommendations to ministers of the CSLF member countries, and their climate and energy policymakers, on technology developments that are required for CCUS to fulfill the CSLF mission to facilitate the development and deployment of CCS technologies via collaborative efforts that address key technical, economic, and environmental obstacles. 

CSLF Technology Roadmap 2021

Borg CO₂ and Northern Lights to collaborate on carbon capture and storage

Borg CO₂ and Northern Lights have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to explore the feasibility of CO₂ capture, transport and storage solutions for industrial partners in the Nedre Glomma region.

Borg CO₂ is supported by CLIMIT.

Text: Borg CO₂ and Northern Lights

A joint project between 18 industry partners

Borg CO₂ is a joint project between 18 industry partners and the port of Borg, which will serve as host for a future CO₂ loading terminal. The plan is to transport captured CO₂ to this terminal, where it will be loaded onboard a Northern Lights operated ship for transport to the intermediate storage terminal at Øygarden on the Norwegian west coast. From Øygarden the CO₂ will be injected into a 100 km long pipeline and injected into permanent storage in a reservoir 2.6 km below the seabed.

Borg CO₂ is developing a carbon capture and storage (CCS) solution for emissions from industrial facilities in Fredrikstad, Sarpsborg and Halden. The industrial cluster employs 1,400 people and is responsible for emissions of almost 700,000 tonnes of CO₂ annually. The aim is to capture and store up to 90% of the total emissions, or around 630,000 tonnes a year.

Northern Lights delivers CO₂ transport and storage as a service and aims to enable the decarbonisation of industrial emissions and to facilitate the removal of CO₂ from the air. The company is a joint venture between partners Equinor, Shell and Total.

“This collaboration with Northern Lights is important for the development of carbon capture and storage solutions in the region. Without the pioneering work done by Northern Lights to create an open source third party storage facility, carbon capture would not be possible in our region”, said Tore Lundestad, managing director of Borg CO₂ and Harbour Master for the port of Borg. 

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Aker Carbon Capture to study carbon capture opportunities for Elkem

Aker Carbon Capture has signed an agreement with Elkem to conduct a feasibility study for the establishment of carbon capture at its Norwegian smelters, and to support the company’s long-term goal of achieving carbon-neutral metal production.

Financial support through the CLIMIT programme

Source: Aker Carbon Capture

Aker Carbon Capture to study carbon capture opportunities for Elkem Aker Carbon Capture has signed an agreement with Elkem to conduct a feasibility study for the establishment of carbon capture at its Norwegian smelters, and to support the company’s long-term goal of achieving carbon-neutral metal production. The purpose of the study is to assess the technical and economic feasibility of installing carbon capture at Elkem’s Norwegian plants in Bjølvefossen, Bremanger, Rana, Salten and Thamshavn. The project has received financial support through the CLIMIT programme by Gassnova, the Norwegian state enterprise to further develop CCS technologies. The findings from the study will be transferred to Elkem’s plants outside Norway, including its ferrosilicon plant in Iceland.

“Our HSE-friendly solutions have been proven at industrial sites across Europe since we delivered the Technology Center Mongstad back in 2012. By applying Aker Carbon Capture’s proven and HSE-friendly solutions, companies like Elkem can reduce CO₂ emissions without introducing new hazardous emissions on site,” says Valborg Lundegaard, Chief Executive Officer of Aker Carbon Capture. “The volume of annual CO₂ emissions from the smelters are comparable to the Brevik CCS project at a cement plant in Norway, which means we will build on the experience from realizing this project”.

Elkem has signed an agreement with Aker Carbon Capture to evaluate and study technological designs and solutions of a capture facility, facilities for liquefaction and upload of CO₂ to transport ships from the Northern Lights storage project, which is part of the Norwegian government’s Longship initiative to establish the whole CCS value chain.“

Elkem

Elkem is among the global leaders in the environmentally responsible manufacture of advanced materials. We have already come a long way with our biocarbon strategy, having achieved 20 percent reduction of direct fossil CO₂ emissions from our Norwegian smelters using biocarbon. By combining our biocarbon strategy with carbon capture, high energy efficiency at the facilities and other environmental efforts, we have the opportunity to take significant steps forward”, says Trond Sæterstad, climate director at Elkem. The carbon capture study will be completed in the second quarter of 2021. The independent Norwegian research organisation SINTEF and Norwegian consultancy corporation Norsk Energi will contribute as partners in the project.