Heidelberg Materials has officially inaugurated Brevik CCS in Norway, the world’s first industrial-scale carbon capture, and storage (CCS) facility in the cement industry. During a festive ceremony at the Brevik cement plant, H.R.H. Crown Prince Haakon of Norway officially unveiled a concrete-made plaque commemorating the historic milestone in attendance of Terje Aasland, Norway’s Minister of Energy, Dr Dominik von Achten, Chairman of the Managing Board of Heidelberg Materials, and more than 320 guests, including industry leaders, international high-level government officials, as well as representatives from NGOs and start-ups.
Brevik CCS will capture around 400,000 tonnes of CO₂ per year, representing 50% of the plant’s emissions – and equivalent to the amount of CO₂ emissions per passenger for roughly 150,000 round-trip flights between Frankfurt and New York. The facility is part of the Norwegian government’s Longship project, developing Europe’s first full-scale value chain for carbon capture, transport, and storage from hard-to-abate industries. Within Longship, the Northern Lights initiative – a collaboration between Equinor, Shell, and TotalEnergies – is the partner responsible for the carbon transport and storage. The CO₂ captured in Brevik will be liquefied and shipped to an onshore terminal on the Norwegian west coast. From there, it will be transported by pipeline to permanent storage under the North Sea.
As part of the ongoing ramp-up of Brevik CCS, first volumes of CO₂ have already been successfully captured, liquefied, and temporarily stored. Northern Lights have started first shipments to their intermediate storage site in Øygarden in June. Subsequently, Heidelberg Materials will begin to deliver evoZero®, the world’s first carbon captured cement enabling net-zero concrete, to customers in Europe.
Courtesy of Heidelberg Materials.