KAN Phase 3

Background
Statkraft Varme, Forus Energigjenvinning, BIR Ressurs, Returkraft, Hafslund Celsio, FREVAR, Eidsiva Bioenergi, SAREN Energy, and Tafjord Kraftvarme are partners, all operating Norwegian waste incineration plants with activities related to the capture, storage, and/or utilisation of CO₂ (CCUS), facing many of the same challenges.

Based on this, the partners are collaborating in the industry initiative KAN – Climate Cure for Waste Incineration in Norway, which aims to increase information sharing and develop better solutions for CCUS in the waste sector through enhanced cooperation on common challenges.

This is the third phase of the collaboration. In phase 1, the partners assessed which technology was best suited for waste incineration plants and concluded with amine technology with heat recovery. One of the main results was that it is possible to maintain heat supply with CO₂ capture. In phase 2, business models and costs for CO₂ capture and storage were examined. In phase 3, the necessary framework conditions for realising CO₂ capture have been investigated, work has been done on transport solutions, and significant efforts have been made to understand what is required to sell carbon removal credits. The partners intend to continue with a fourth phase.

Objective and Results
Update of KAN’s website as well as the publicly published handbook “CCS for Waste Incineration” regarding phase 3 focus areas: CDR, new infrastructure and transport solutions, framework and commercial conditions (business model) – in Norwegian and English.

In phase 3, KAN (Climate Cure for Waste Incineration in Norway) has produced a report showing what is required to secure CDR (Carbon Dioxide Removals) for sale in the market. The deliverables have:

• Identified relevant regulations, methodologies, market trends, and price developments.
• Assessed best practices, case studies, and credible certification schemes for CDR credits.
• Defined necessary internal measures (for waste incineration plants) to prepare for certification and commercialisation of CDR credits.
• Outlined technical, regulatory, and market frameworks that ensure feasibility for the sale of credits.

KAN – (Climate Cure for Waste Incineration in Norway) has also prepared a complete LCA (Life Cycle Assessment) for a reference plant: KAN reference. This report shows what buyers of carbon credits require from an LCA. The report can be found here: LCA – from wase incineration – KAN
KAN has also examined and presented what is required to succeed with CO₂ capture and storage for waste incineration plants in light of framework conditions in other countries. This is summarized in our position. Our position – KAN.

And KAN has received assistance to map out how a series of reverse auctions should be designed, with a particular focus on waste incineration.

KAN has also provided a KAN has, in this phase, provided several written and oral inputs to CCUS Norway, Gassnova, and Zero regarding what is important for waste incineration plants in terms of a Norwegian value chain for transport and storage of CO₂ from waste incineration. KAN has also been actively engaged with CO₂ clusters in Norway.

Further Work
The results from the project are being directly implemented in the business plans of KAN’s partners and have already proven useful. The partners intend to continue with a fourth phase. The parties will also continue to work towards sufficiently good framework conditions and be constructive in developing Norwegian transport and storage solutions for CO₂.