![]() The captured carbon is then either stored underground or used for the production of synthetic materials (fuels, chemicals, building materials). Capturing carbon dioxide directly from the atmosphere (DACCS) or from the combustion or fermentation of biogenic carbon (BECCS) has the potential to deliver negative emissions (carbon removals). The technological options envisaged in the 2050 long-term strategy and the ‘Sustainable Carbon Cycles’ Communication are the capture of carbon dioxide from the combustion of biomass or, as a last resort, fossil fuels, from industrial processes, and direct air capture. Furthermore, several organisations and institutions such as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), International Energy Agency (IEA) and National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) argue that without carbon removals it is difficult to keep the temperature levels indicated in the Paris agreement ( explore the IPCC report ). The target of climate neutrality has been written into law by the European Climate Law ( Regulation (EU) 2021/1119), which requires that Union-wide greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) and removals are balanced within the Union at the latest by 2050 and that the Union shall aim to achieve negative emissions thereafter. The Commission’s strategic long-term vision depends in part on CO 2 removal techniques based on CCS: either in combination with direct air capture (DACCS) or biomass (BECCS) to achieve climate neutrality. On 15 December 2021, the Commission has published the Communication ‘ Sustainable Carbon Cycles’, which sets the long-term objective to restore sustainable and climate-resilient carbon cycles. Furthermore, it can help removing carbon from the atmosphere through carbon removals such as bio-energy carbon capture and storage (BECCS) and direct air carbon capture and storage (DACCS) and be a platform for low-carbon hydrogen production. Carbon capture, use and storage can provide a key contribution to tackling these sectors’ emissions. 11 relevant labs in Oslo and Trondheim are available as part of the pan-European distributed research infrastructure.While CO 2 emissions from fuel combustion have been declining in Europe, industries like cement, iron and steel, aluminium, pulp and paper, and refineries have inherent CO 2 emissions resulting from energy-intensive industry processes. SINTEF is a proud member of the ECCSEL network of European CCS research infrastructure. From CO 2 storage research at our Reservoir Lab to the world-class Multiphase Flow Lab, SINTEF offers many specialist research facilities relevant for CCS research. SINTEF invests heavily in research infrastructure. Our researchers work closely with both academics and industrial partners to ensure that quality scientific results can be successfully applied to industrial problems. NCCS aims to research solutions to key technical and cost challenges in order for us to fast-track the deployment of CCS at scale. SINTEF hosts the Norwegian CCS Research Centre ( NCCS), a continuation of the successful BIGCCS research centre. Today, SINTEF conducts research on the whole value chain for CO 2 capture, transport and storage. Together with our partners at NTNU, SINTEF researchers have been working on CCS for decades. The recent announcement of the Longship project by the Norwegian government has brought the concept of CCS into the mainstream. The storage capacity within the geological layers on the Norwegian continental shelf gives Norway great opportunities to create value and new green employment by realizing CCS. This matters, because the global cement industry, for example, accounts for around 8% of CO 2 emissions. IEA findings say that to meet these targets, 14% of the total emissions reduction by 2060 must come from CCS.Īlso, CCS is today also the only way to decarbonise some of the world's critical industrial sectors, including cement, metal production and waste incineration. The IPCC found that to meet the challenging targets of the Paris Agreement, global CO 2 emissions must be reduced by 50-85 % by 2050.
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