The UK backs up its plans for CCUS hubs by granting storage licences and investing in skills training
The North Sea Transition Authority has awarded 21 licences to 14 companies to store up to 30 million tonnes of CO2 per year in depleted oil and gas reservoirs and saline aquifers by 2030 – around 10% of current UK annual emissions. Separately, the Scottish Government Just Transition Funding partnered with ETZ and Shell to […]
The UK government selects two more CCUS hubs for faster progress
The UK government has selected two relatively mature CCUS hubs, Acorn CCS in Scotland and Viking T&S in the Humber region, to participate in Track 2 of its cluster sequencing programme. This status enables the hub operators to engage with government over delivery and funding plans.
Denmark grants its first permits for full-scale CO2 storage
Denmark has awarded its first three permits for full-scale CO2 storage in the North Sea. Two go to TotalEnergies for a deleted gas reservoir and a saline aquifer; the other to a consortium of INEOS and Wintershall Dea. This marks the next step in Denmark’s sprint to achieve in just a few years what other […]
Solent Cluster launches with key role for ExxonMobil
Founding partners ExxonMobil, the University of Southampton and the Solent Local Enterprise Partnership have launched a new low carbon initiative in southern England. The Solent Cluster involves more than 30 manufacturers, engineering companies, academic institutions, logistics and infrastructure operators and other regional and international businesses. Once operational later this decade, and with low carbon hydrogen […]
Possible CO2 pipeline between Germany and Norway
Equinor and Wintershall Dea are exploring the possibility of building a CO2 pipeline under the North Sea that could transport around 20% of all German industrial emissions and store them offshore in Germany. This would be part of developing a European CCS value chain.
Northern Lights signs first commercial agreement
Northern Lights has signed its first commercial agreement on cross border CO2 transport and storage. Yara Sluiskil, an ammonia and fertiliser plant in the Netherlands, have agreed terms with Northern Lights to transport and store 800,000 tonnes of captured CO2 per year starting in 2025.
EU supports Devnya Cement project to kickstart first CCUS hub in the Balkans
The European Innovation Fund granted €190 million HeidelbergCement’s Bulgarian subsidiary Devnya Cement for its ANRAV CCS project. The aim is to capture 800,000 tonnes of CO2 per year from the high-tech clinker and cement plant and transport it by pipeline to a depleted offshore gas field under the Black Sea for permanent storage. The project […]
HyNet North West hub sees demand for CCUS from emitters
Eni, the transport & storage operator of the UK’s HyNet North West Cluster, signed agreements with 19 industrial companies to capture and store CO2 emissions in Liverpool Bay. HyNet is one of two priority CCUS hubs selected by the UK government in October 2021. It plans to start operations in 2025.
Northern Lights: EU funding for expansion
The European Commission has awarded Northern Lights €4 million. The funding is for Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) studies for the expansion of the transport and storage capacity to over 5 million tonnes of carbon dioxide per year. The planned expansion will include subsea facilities and capacity increase of the onshore receiving terminal in Øygarden.
NZT aims to have first large gas-fired power plant with CCS
Net Zero Teesside (NZT) submitted a bid into Phase 2 of the UK Government’s CCUS cluster sequencing project for support to build the world’s first first commercial scale gas fired power station with carbon capture. This is the anchor project for the NZT CCUS hub and will capture and store up to two million tonnes […]