Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS)

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Written By Vincent Doedee

This page is all about absorbing and storing CO2 from air and exhausts, large scale CCS projects and ship-based CCS. Do you have questions or would you like to contribute ideas? Scroll down to join the discussion @Mr. Communability, the community for a sustainable offshore industry.

 

Key Lessons

Key Insights
Cost Overview
Cost Overview

More soon to follow!

Projects Worldwide
Projects Worldwide

We are working on an overview of (Ship based) Carbon Capture projects around the world. More soon to follow!

Stakeholder Map
Stakeholder Map

Work in progress!

Technical Specs & Standards
Technical Specs & Standards

Which technical specifications and standards apply when working with CCS?

 

Stories on ship-based CCS

Stories
Ship-Based Carbon Capture Techno-Economic Guide
Ship-Based Carbon Capture Techno-Economic Guide

This blog provides techno-economic guidance for the use of SBCC onboard your vessel, including operational impact, logistics and of course the costs for implementation. Key points include the following; SBCC is applicable to virtually all ship types, sizes and fuel type but LNG is preferred. SBCC produces 2 m3 of CO2 per day per MW. SBCC costs €115 per ton CO2, is a CAPEX dominated technology and costs €175k per MW.

Equinor moves ahead with CCS
Equinor moves ahead with CCS

Following a historic vote in parliament on December 15th 2020, the Norwegian Government announced its funding decision for the ‘Northern Lights’ CO2 transport and storage project. The project aims to create a carbon capture and storage hub in Norway, open to third parties. It will be the first ever cross-border, open-source CO2 transport and storage infrastructure network and offers European industrial emitters the opportunity to store their CO2 safely and permanently underground.

World’s first ‘carbon-capture at sea’ set for shipping trials
World’s first ‘carbon-capture at sea’ set for shipping trials

Japanese shipbuilding giant Mitsubishi announced that it will build and test a carbon-capture system for ships which promises to reduce ship emissions by 90%. Sea trials will be conducted by mid-2021 using an existing coal carrier operated by the Tohoku Electric Power Company.

Høglund and HB Hunte develop CO2 vessel concept to support CCS projects
Høglund and HB Hunte develop CO2 vessel concept to support CCS projects

Høglund Marine Solutions & HB Hunte Engineering have developed a new ‘bilobe’ tank concept for LPG and CO2 transportation. The solution is readily available for use in existing tanker designs. It more than doubles the transportation capacity of liquid CO2 over current vessel capacity without the size, weight and stability concerns that would have come from a higher capacity “monolobe” design.

Making the Impossible Possible
Making the Impossible Possible

This blog sketches a vision on how to convert the largest crane vessel in the world - Sleipnir - owned by Heerema Marine Contractors, to a zero-emission vessel. Several promising carbon reduction measures are combined which are technically viable and based on matured technology including electrification and BES, solar panels, synthetic fuels, CCS and possibly hydrogen combustion.

World’s Largest Direct Air Capture Facility to Capture CO2 Under Development
World’s Largest Direct Air Capture Facility to Capture CO2 Under Development

The facility from 1PointFive and Carbon Engineering will capture CO2 directly from the air and store it safely, permanently and securely deep underground in geological formations.

The Truth about Capturing CO2
The Truth about Capturing CO2

Carbon capture and storage is often brought up as a solution to climate change, but do we really need it, how much of an impact could it really make, and is it in fact just an excuse to keep burning fossil fuels, letting heavy polluting industries off the hook? It's time to find out the truth.

Northern Lights CCS
Northern Lights CCS

According to Equinor, carbon capture and storage will be vital to reach the global climate goals of the Paris Agreement. They are very pleased that the Northern Lights partners and leading European companies have taken the first steps to realize a European CO2 transport and storage system! In simple terms, carbon capture and storage deals with removing CO2 from emission sources and storing it permanently underground, so that it is not released to the atmosphere.

 

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