SCOPE team visits Heidelberg cement plant

SCOPE partners pictured during the 4th Project Meeting in Norway

SCOPE held its fourth Project Meeting and second General Assembly in Norway in October, with partners gathering to share progress on the project’s five work packages.

The meeting, hosted by SINTEF and Herøya Industripark, included a visit to the Heidelberg Materials cement plant in Brevik, where a new carbon capture and storage facility is currently under construction.

The project – the first of its kind in the cement industry – is being pioneered by Brevik CCS, a subsidiary of Heidelberg Materials Sement Norway and represents Heidelberg’s most advanced carbon capture initiative, though more projects are in development around the world.

Tor Gautestad, Brevik CCS Project Manager, delivered a presentation to the SCOPE group on the construction of the facility and Heidelberg’s plans to capture a cumulative 10 Mt of carbon dioxide at sites around the world by 2030.

Once operational, the Brevik facility is expected to capture approximately 400,000 tonnes of CO2 per annum, equal to 50% of the plant’s emissions. The development forms part of the Longship project, an initiative of the Norwegian government to establish an open access infrastructure for CO2 capture, transport and storage.

The SCOPE meeting also heard presentations on:

·       the EverLoNG project, which aims to demonstrate ship-based carbon capture on LNG fuelled ships;

·       the SKREI project, a Yarra intiative to produce hydrogen using renewable energy at Herøya;

·       and the Grenland Industrial CO2 Capture and Storage initiative (GICCS), by Powered by Telemark – a cluster for technology and industry in Grenland, Norway.

The SCOPE team visits the Heidelberg cement plant in Brevik where a new CCS plant is under construction.