NCCS: Norwegian CCS Research Centre

On 11 April, the Research Council of Norway announced an investment of 180 MNOK in a new research centre on carbon capture, transport and storage (#CCS) in Norway. #gigaCCS is a Centre for Environment-Friendly Energy Research (#FME) that will advance Norway’s expertise in CCS, as well as support the global implementation of CCS at a gigatonne scale. This eight-year centre (2025-2032) will build on the successful collaborations and innovations of its FME predecessor, the Norwegian CCS Research Centre (#NCCS), which is due to conclude this year. “CCS deployment at gigatonne scale is vital for a just and sustainable transition to net-zero emissions,” said Mona Mølnvik, research director at SINTEF and director of NCCS, who will continue in that position for gigaCCS. “gigaCCS is designed to spearhead frontier research and innovations, develop solutions for a net-zero society, educate CCS specialists, and strengthen the competence base required for accelerated CCS implementation.” Click below to read the full press release 👇 SINTEF Energy Research, Norges forskningsråd, Norwegian Ministry of Energy, Nicola Marsh, Ola Terjeson Miljeteig

✨ Mona Mølnvik represented NCCS at today's Klimafrokost, held in Bergen by The Norwegian Climate Foundation (Norsk klimastiftelse). Today's topic was how to accelerate carbon capture and storage (CCS) as a viable climate solution. Mona provided an overview of CCS' history, how its various technologies work, and the foundation work that takes place within research centres such as NCCS: Norwegian CCS Research Centre and the upcoming gigaCCS. “Without this portfolio of strategic research projects – and infrastructure initiatives like ECCSEL ERIC – I don’t think we would have had #Longship and Northern Lights JV,” said Mona Mølnvik. “People might not realise this, as we seem so small and Northern Lights so big, but much of the knowledge behind the full-scale CCS project – driving innovations, cost reductions, and improved methods – originates from these research efforts.” 👇 Read more about the event below: https://lnkd.in/dYSrk-X5

Recently, Leader of NCCS' "Fiscal metering and thermodynamics" task (Task 8) Yessica Arellano (SINTEF Energy Research) spent a month at the Imperial College London through the NCCS Mobility Programme. Hosted by Professor J. P. Martin Trusler, Yessica had the opportunity to calibrate and run experiments with one of their speed of sound cells. Ascertaining the speed of sound of CO2 is key for developing models for characterising fluids, and designing and controlling transport and metering systems. Click below to read more 👇

Global South 🤝 Global North Today at #COP29, SINTEF and Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) hosted an official side event titled Equitable South-North Partnerships in Sustainable Energy Research, Innovation, and Higher Education. 📖 The first panel was kicked off by Anders Hammer Strømman, who presented a statistical overview of the current state of higher education and the outlook for financing. His remarks set the stage for a discussion on how universities and research collaborations can act as capacity builders for the green transition. Andrea Santos (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro), Maheshwar Dhakal (Government of Nepal (GoN)), Wirastuti Widyatmanti (Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM)), and Lea Ranalder (UN-Habitat (United Nations Human Settlements Programme)) joined Anders on stage, sharing their perspectives on how education, South-North, and South-South partnerships can foster local capacity building. 🌎 Nils Røkke then took the stage, reflecting on past COPs, the current climate challenges, and SINTEF’s recommendations for COP29. He summarised the advice succinctly: “Establish a global North-South research and development program with open and competitive calls for proposals to accelerate the energy transition.” 🔬 Teresa Ponce de Leao (Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia) followed with insights into successful North-South collaborations. She and Nils were then joined by Adel El Gammal (EERA - The European Energy Research Alliance) and Yosr Allouche, Ph.D (International Institute of Refrigeration) for the second panel, which explored the importance of equitable research and innovation partnerships in building local competencies. While funding remains a challenge, the panel highlighted that promising models exist, and they could be promoted and developed further. We look forward to building on the discussions and connections made at today’s event. Research, innovation, and higher education must remain central to conversations about climate financing, with capacity building as a key priority. 🙏 SINTEF and NTNU thank everyone who participated in the panel and everyone in the audience for their great questions. FME NorthWind - FME ZEN - Research Centre on Zero Emission Neighbourhoods in Smart Cities - NCCS: Norwegian CCS Research Centre - CINELDI: Centre for Intelligent Electricity Distribution - FME HighEFF - LowEmission - MISSION #SF6 - EU Enough Project - HYDROGENi

🤩 🌏  Today SINTEF and Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) hosted an official side event at #COP29.   🙌 The event highlighted equitable partnerships in sustainable energy research, innovation, and higher education. A big thank you to our fantastic panellists for their valuable insights and to the audience for their thought-provoking questions.   In the video, Anders Hammer Strømman and Nils Røkke reflect on the two panels they led for the event.   FME NorthWind - FME ZEN - Research Centre on Zero Emission Neighbourhoods in Smart Cities - NCCS: Norwegian CCS Research Centre - CINELDI: Centre for Intelligent Electricity Distribution - FME HighEFF - LowEmission - MISSION #SF6 - EU Enough Project - HYDROGENi

After eight years of pioneering research, NCCS held its closing conference on 13 and 14 November in Trondheim. Among the Centre’s achievements, NCCS has produced over 30 innovations at varying levels of technological maturity and contributed to the realisation of #Langskip (“Longship”) – the Norwegian government’s initiative to establish the first full-scale, national carbon capture and storage (#CCS) value chain. “It’s no small feat to compress eight years of collaboration, research, development and engagement into two days, but the impact of NCCS is undeniable, and it’s incredibly humbling and rewarding to see all that we’ve achieved together,” said Mona Mølnvik, director of NCCS and research director at SINTEF Energy Research. Read the full press release here 👉 https://lnkd.in/eHZkGmuY Norges forskningsråd, Norwegian Ministry of Energy, SINTEF

And just like that, the NCCS Closing Conference came to an end! The final part of the programme started with Leader of NCCS' "Low emission H2 production" task (Task 3) Belma Talic (SINTEF Industry) and Luca Riboldi (SINTEF Energy Research) presenting on producing hydrogen from methane in a protonic membrane reformer. This was followed by a presentation from Leader of NCCS' "CO2 capture and transport-conditioning through liquefaction" task (Task 4) David Berstad (SINTEF Energy Research) on the role of CO2 liquefaction in CCS chains. Leader of NCCS' "Gas turbines" task (Task 5) Andrea Gruber (SINTEF Energy Research) and Andrea Ciani (Ansaldo Energia) then discussed the scientific progress of and industry achievements in fuel flexibility in gas turbines for future low-carbon energy systems. Leader of NCCS' "Reservoir management and EOR" task (Task 11) Alv-Arne Grimstad (SINTEF Industry) and Dries van Nimwegen (TNO) presented on flexibility in the operation of CO2 transport and storage networks. Leader of NCCS' "Cost-efficient CO2 monitoring technology" task (Task 12) Peder Eliasson (SINTEF Industry) followed this with a presentation on th development of novel geophysical methods for well integrity monitoring as a means of enabling safe CO2 storage. Finally, the session ended with a panel discussion, moderated by Leader of NCCS' "Structural derisiking" task (Task 9) Elin Skurtveit (NGI - Norwegian Geotechnical Institute) that focused on reflections as we head towards gigatonne CCS. The panellists were Gerardo Seri (Aker BP ASA), Frank Wettland (Altera), Svein-Erik Losnegård (Gassco AS), NCCS Manager Nicola Marsh (SINTEF Energy Research) and Nils Kristian Nakstad (Enova SF). The event was officially concluded by NCCS Director Mona Mølnvik (SINTEF Energy Research), who praised all the partners for their hard work and encouraged them to continue the spirit of collaboration into the next FME: #gigaCCS. Norges forskningsråd, Norwegian Ministry of Energy, SINTEF, Alexandra Bech Gjørv

It‘s been a busy first week for SINTEF at #COP29! 👀 SINTEF is an independent 'observer' at COP, which means we represent the eyes of the world during the discussions between the 'parties' (representatives of governments). This role is far from being passive, because observers don't just sit quietly and watch – they advise delegates and bring in necessary perspectives to achieve our collective climate goals. 📖 We at SINTEF have a responsibility to share the results of our research in climate technology, and we take it seriously. Many of our projects are publicly co-funded so we need to ensure they benefit society. That’s why SINTEF provides input to Norwegian negotiators and other stakeholders at COP – e.g. through our advice series: https://lnkd.in/d9AH8Ejb. But what have we done in Baku to help push for climate action? 📺 We've gone on Azerbaijan Television to speak about the importance research and international collaboration to fight climate change. We've met with great partners and high-level decision makers like Tinne Van der Straeten, Belgium's Minister of Energy, and Maria João Pereira, Portugal's Secretary of State for Energy. SINTEF has also secured invitations to attend the high-level events which give great insights into how top-level politicians understand the current situation and how research can fit into that picture. And the work is far from over. 🎤 Saturday is jam-packed day at COP and tomorrow Nils Røkke will brief the Norwegian delegation in the Nordic Pavilion on what is happening in the negotiations – and behind the scenes – as well as SINTEF's views on where the negotiations are heading. He’ll join as a panellist in “It takes a village to accelerate CCS” which will also be held in the Nordic Pavilion. Petter Neksa – who has been sharing his thoughts from COP throughout the week via daily blogs on LinkedIn – will also provide his perspectives as a speaker at the special event on Life-Cycle Refrigerant Management. 🤝 🌍 And there's more! On Monday, SINTEF is hosting an event with Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) (Anders Hammer Strømman) on equitable South-North partnerships in sustainable energy research, innovation, and higher education. The event will feature a group of experts who will help to promote international research collaboration on sustainable climate and energy technologies, with a focus on partnerships involving low- and middle-income countries (LMIC). https://lnkd.in/ddKB6J6E If you are at COP, we would love to see you there! FME NorthWind - FME ZEN - Research Centre on Zero Emission Neighbourhoods in Smart Cities - NCCS: Norwegian CCS Research Centre - CINELDI: Centre for Intelligent Electricity Distribution - FME HighEFF - LowEmission - MISSION #SF6 - EU Enough Project - HYDROGENi

Thank you to NCCS: Norwegian CCS Research Centre and SINTEF Energy Research for the opportunity to participate in the NCCS Closing Conference in #Trondheim this week. With great respect, I presented the challenges and opportunities that the first-mover Oslo CCS project has encountered over the years to such an esteemed group of scholars and academics. Participating in the NCCS Closing Conference was truly enlightening. Over the past eight years, significantly important knowledge has been developed through dedicated research. It will be exciting to follow the launch of the new research center, GIGACCS, starting in 2025. Hopefully, we can revisit and continue the journey, moving from frustrating setbacks to the realization of the first full-scale CCS plant on a WtE-facility. https://lnkd.in/dY54TX4M Hafslund Oslo Celsio Hafslund

The second day of the NCCS Closing Conference focused the future - namely, what is needed to reach carbon capture and storage (#CCS) implementation at a gigatonne scale. The first part of this session was opened by Nils Kristian Nakstad (Enova SF), who spoke about different ways of developing a future, sustainable value chain for CCS. This was followed by Svein-Erik Losnegård (Gassco AS) who discussed ways to advance large-scale CCS infrastructure from their current levels. Leader of NCCS' "CO2 value chain and legal aspects" task (Task 1) Simon Roussanaly (SINTEF Energy Research) and Frank Wettland (Altera) then presented on low-pressure shipping as a means of realising large-scale CCS. Gerardo Seri (Aker BP ASA) presented on current CCS initiatives that are advancing Europe's sustainable energy transition. Finally, Gokul Subraveti (SINTEF Energy Research) and Stian Aakre (Wärtsilä) discussed the techno-economic mapping of hybrid processes and maritime deployment of CO2 capture. Norges forskningsråd, Norwegian Ministry of Energy, SINTEF, Alexandra Bech Gjørv, Mona Mølnvik