01.09.2022
CLIMIT approves NOK 60 million for new projects
Six new projects will receive a total of NOK 60 million in support from CLIMIT to research new and cost-effective technology for carbon capture, transport and storage.
The CLIMIT programme wants to be a part of the green transition, and in the Research Council of Norway’s call for project proposals in spring 2022, carbon capture and storage was one of several priority areas. There were a total of 23 applications in the area of carbon capture, transport and storage applying for a combined NOK 228 million in support from the Research Council of Norway.
A tough competition
At CLIMIT’s programme board meeting on 21 June 2022, six applications were selected with a total of NOK 60 million in support. There was tough competition for funding, and only one in four applications received support. Many great applications unfortunately had to be rejected because there were not sufficient funds to support all good applications.
Applications were reviewed according normal Research Council of Norway procedures, and external experts played a key role in assessing the quality of each application. CLIMIT’s programme board has the final say on which are the best applications to support.
The new projects
The six new projects will be displayed in the Research Council of Norway’s project bank as soon as contracts are signed. This is expected to take place in autumn 2022. A short description of the new projects is provided below.
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Project number |
Project title |
Project owner |
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36222 |
Advanced energy recovery and CO2 capture systems for a decarbonised ferroalloy industry |
SINTEF Energy |
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336266 |
Data and models to optimize maritime CO2 transport and offshore injection |
SINTEF Energy |
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336294 |
Expansion of Resources for CO2 Storage on the Horda Platform |
NORCE |
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336355 |
Primary Flow Reference for CCS |
SINTEF Energy |
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336357 |
Future Drinking Water Levels of Nitrosamines and Nitramines near a CO2 Capture Plant |
NIVA |
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336939 |
Advancing LedaFlow for robust and accurate multiphase flow simulations to enable transport and injection of CO2 |
LedaFlow Technologies DA |
The Research Council of Norway has high expectations for the new projects. Results from the projects will be important for building carbon capture, transport and storage at a large scale. The projects may result in cost reductions, a key factor if carbon capture and storage is to be a central part of the green transition. The new projects will also be useful in the benefits realisation that politicians are preparing for in relation to Longship, the Norwegian full-scale CO2 capture and storage (CCS) project.