News

05 May 2022

Presentations and video recording of the CCUS SET-Plan event held on April 1st 2022 available

On the 1st of April 2022, the event “CCUS SET-Plan: progress and future perspectives” took place to gather various stakeholders of the CCUS community in Europe to discuss: How the EU Commissi...
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10 March 2022

CCUS SET-Plan latest newsletter and invitation to CCUS SET-Plan event “Grant farewell and future perspectives”

The CCUS SET-Plan newsletter March 2022 has been published. Among the news, the newsletter also includes the invitation for the CCUS SET-Plan event “Grant farewell and future perspectives”.
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22 November 2021

Results from the first Innovation Fund large-scale call

Last week, the European Commission has announced the 7 projects that have been selected for funding in the first large-scale call of the Innovation Fund. Excellent news for the CCUS community with 5 of the 7 winning projects containing CCS and CCU elements...
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10 November 2021

CCUS Roadmap to 2030

The 2020s will be a critical decade to set Europe on the right track to achieve climate neutrality by 2050. Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) and Carbon Capture and Utilisation (CCU) will play an important role in this effort. It is therefore crucial that CCS and CCU are developed, deployed and scaled up during this decade...
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31 August 2021

Klaipedos nafta, Larvik Shipping, and Mitsui O.S.K. Lines to carry out a feasibility study for liquefied CO2 and hydrogen project in Lithuania

CCUS SET-Plan acknowledges the importance of the development of CO2 transport infrastructure, including clusters of CO2 sources and shared, cross-border CO2 infrastructure. Going towards this direction, AB Klaipedos Nafta, Larvik Shipping AS and Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. are commencing a feasibility study...
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26 August 2021

Carbon capture plans in the Humber take step forward with planning application for Keadby project

In alignment with target 2 of CCUS SET-Plan Implementation Plan targets, which is the delivery of CCS project operating in the power sector, the Keadby Carbon Capture Power Station would become one of the UK’s first...
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24 August 2021

ECCSEL ERIC funding will give industry access to ‘new frontier’ facilities

CCUS SET-Plan is monitoring funding opportunities that are aiming at the deployment of CCUS technologies. In this context, the ECCSELERATE project is about to launch in September 2021 two calls offering funding to access ECCSEL ERIC’s world-class CCUS research infrastructure...
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17 August 2021

Drax and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries sign pioneering deal towards delivery of the world’s largest negative emissions project

Aligned with the targets of CCUS SET-Plan to deploy Bio-CCS technologies by 2030, this joint project will see Drax license Mitsubishi Heavy Industries’ carbon capture solvent to capture CO2 at its power station...
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12 August 2021

Converting CO2 to methanol via steel production to power marine transport

CCUS SET-Plan promotes R&I activities that contribute to the deployment of CCS and CCU in the EU. The Horizon 2020 project FReSMe combines an innovative CO2 capture technology with an advanced methanol synthesis process...
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10 August 2021

EU Commission and Breakthrough Energy Catalyst announce new partnership to support investments in clean technologies for low-carbon industries

CCUS SET-Plan is monitoring funding opportunities for the deployment of CCUS technologies. The European Commission and Breakthrough Energy have recently announced the Catalyst Partnership...
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06 August 2021

Launch of the Clean Hydrogen Mission

Mission Innovation (MI) is a global initiative that gathers 22 countries and the European Commission to catalyse the action and investments in research, development and demonstration to make clean energy affordable and accessible...
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04 August 2021

IEA report Net Zero by 2050 – A Roadmap for the Global Energy Sector

The International Energy Agency roadmap lays down a pathway for the global energy sector to reach net-zero by 2050. The report identifies CCUS as one of the key pillars to decarbonise energy systems...
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29 July 2021

AccessCCUS: the repository of resources for life cycle and techno-economic assessment of CCUS technologies

AccessCCUS, the new platform developed by the International CCU Assessment Harmonisation Group, gathers resources for life cycle and techno-economic assessment of CCUS technologies...
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29 June 2021

Guidance document: Call for proposals ‘HORIZON-CL5-2021-D3-02-15’

Following the publication and the adoption of the main work programme of Horizon Europe by the European Commission, the Zero Emissions Platform (ZEP) and the SET-Plan Implementation Working Group 9 (IWG9) Chairs have produced a guidance document...
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19 April 2021

Climeworks and Northern Lights to jointly explore direct air capture and CO2 storage in Norway

Climeworks and Northern Lights have agreed to explore the realisation of a full-chain CO2 removal project in Norway...
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19 April 2021

First passenger flight performed with sustainable synthetic kerosene

For the first time worldwide, a passenger flight partly flown on sustainably produced synthetic kerosene, was carried out in The Netherlands...
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A major milestone for CCS in Europe
23 September 2020

A major milestone for CCS in Europe

Norwegian Government proposes launch of ‘Longship’ CCS project, a step in the right direction for climate action and developing CCS in Europe...
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Northern lights Project plans handed in to the Norwegian Government
02 June 2020

Northern lights Project plans handed in to the Norwegian Government

A major step for the development of a full CCS value chain has been realized with Equinor, Shell and Total investing together and handing in to the Norwegian Government the development plans for the Northern Lights Project...
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Power-to-methanol project in Port of Antwerp
02 June 2020

Power-to-methanol project in Port of Antwerp

Another step forward to CCU deployment with a consortium of 7 stakeholders established to build a “CO2-to-methanol” demonstration plant in the port of Antwerp...
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05 February 2020

European CO2 Storage Database by Joint Research Centre is available online

The characterisation of potential CO2 storage sites is a prerequisite for the large scale deployment of CCS in Europe. In support of development of a European CO2 Storage Atlas the European Commission...
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14 October 2019

Transboundary export of carbon dioxide (CO2) can now be provisionally allowed under certain circumstances

One of the most important barriers for the deployment of Carbon Capture and Storage has been recently removed through the adoption of a resolution allowing provisional application of the London Protocol 2009 amendment…
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24 September 2019

New IEAGHG report: Putting CO2 to use: Creating Value from Emissions

New analysis examining opportunities to use carbon dioxide (CO2) in the development of products and services…
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19 September 2019

Circular Carbon Network Index published

The Carbon Circular Network released the largest public Index ever compiled of companies working to capture, use, and remove the world’s excess CO2. CO2 Value Europe has contributed to this compilation…
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