Eramet Norway was on the invitation list when the CCUS Vestland conference was held for the sixth time.
Julia Lindland, Director of Strategic Projects and CCUS, participated both with a presentation and in a debate at the conference on carbon capture, utilisation and storage in Bergen last week.
‘I am proud to be able to present Eramet, which has concrete and ambitious plans for CO2 reduction at the Norwegian smelters, both at Sauda and Porsgrunn. It is particularly satisfying that we, as the oldest industry at Herøya, enable the establishment of new industry with new jobs through the LanzaTech collaboration for an integrated CCUS facility,’ said Lindland.
The first step is capon capture and utilisation (CCU), where our furnace gas from the Porsgrunn plant will be used to produce ethanol in the new plant to be built at Herøya, Porsgrunn, Norway. What is ideal about this process is that the flue gas out of the plant is highly concentrated CO2, which enables a second part where the gas can be liquefied for transport and permanent storage. The project is the first of its kind because it is a combination of CCU and CCS.
Broad participation
The conference was organized by NORCE, University of Bergen, Energy Transition West, Center for Sustainable Surface Resources, Technology Centre Mongstad, CLIMIT and Vestland fylkeskommune. The event invited participants from all parts of the value chain, however Eramet Norway was the only representative from industry.
‘There were many interesting lectures and discussions at the conference, both from research and development, from the industry that will deliver CCUS services, from project developers and from emitters. Eramet received positive feedback as the only participant from the hard-to-abate industry with emissions that are difficult to cut,’ said Lindland.
‘It is evident that it is not the technical challenges that are the biggest challenge, but rather the high costs of CO2 capture, transport and storage, and that there is not established a competitive market. It is positive when all parts of the CCUS value chain come together to share opportunities and challenges.’
