GHG Daily
2/10/2016
Norway has found itself on the forefront of industrial CCS development. “Norway’s main on-shore CO2 emission point sources all come from industrial sources so the decision to focus on these for CCS deployment is obvious. Of course the biggest point source is the Statoil Mongstad oil refinery, which proved too costly to add CCS to in a previous study,” John Gale, general manager of the International Energy Agency’s Greenhouse Gas Research and Development Program, wrote Tuesday in a blog post.
Pre-feasibility studies are underway on CCS projects throughout the country. The first is at a fertilizer plant, the second on a waste-to-energy plant, and a third is hosted at an ammonia fertilizer plant. “Whilst it may be that Norway only chooses one project to proceed to demonstration, all three represent unique opportunities that will add to the portfolio of industrial CCS projects internationally,” Gale wrote.
