Carbon capture and storage integrated into cement plant
Heidelberg Materials' Norwegian plant is expected to capture 400,00t of CO2 annually.
The carbon capture facility has been integrated into the Brevik cement plant without disrupting ongoing cement production.
Brevik CCS is part of the country’s wider ‘Longship project’ to develop a value chain of carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) from hard-to-abate sectors.
The CO2 captured will be liquefied and shipped to an onshore terminal on the Norwegian west coast, and will then be transported via pipeline to permanent storage under the North Sea.
This pipeline is part of the Northern Lights initiative, a collaboration between Equinor, Shell and TotalEnergies. Heidelberg Materials hopes to use the technology to create carbon captured cement.
In related news, analysis by global sustainability technology company, Clarity AI, shows only 40% of companies in the cement sector mention CCUS in the route to net-zero.
The research describes levers for decarbonisation and analyses 50 of the highest-emitting companies globally.
In the cement sector, alternative fuels was cited by 72% ahead of clinker substitution (68%).
The analysis combined emissions data with large language models to assess the credibility of transition plans.
The steel sector mention electric arc furnaces as most important decarbonisation lever (40%) with CCUS cited by just 20%.
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