gigaCCS

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

🌟 This will soon become the #gigaCCS LinkedIn account 🌟 For the past 8 years, NCCS partners have driven groundbreaking research in #CCS. That work continues with #gigaCCS – the new Centre for Environment-friendly Energy (FME) dedicated to accelerating CCS deployment at gigatonne scale. 👇A couple of things to keep in mind 👇 ✅ This channel will remain your go-to source for updates on #TCCS – the leading scientific conference on CCS. Abstract submissions are still open (final deadline today, Feb. 10), and you can register for the event (June 16-19) via the TCCS website: https://tccs.no. 🎉 Work in #gigaCCS is already underway, and we will officially kick things off with a launch event on 11 March. Our 39 partners will gather to celebrate the launch and start laying the groundwork for the next 8 years of gigaCCS. In March, we will also launch the full version of gigaCCS.no. Visit our website now to sign up for our newsletter to receive key updates directly in your inbox! https://gigaccs.no/ Exciting times ahead – stay tuned for more! 

Today is the last day to submit an abstract to the Trondheim CCS conference (aka the place to be to learn, present, and discuss CCS in 2025), organised by SINTEF and Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)! The last edition of the conference, two years ago, had more than 600 attendees. If you haven't done so yet, you still have a chance to do so and join us in June in Trondheim! Based on the requests from two years ago, the conference has been extended to 3 days (i.e one extra day)! SINTEF Energy Research, Mona Mølnvik, Nicola Marsh, Nils Røkke, Stefania Osk Gardarsdottir, Jon Magne Johansen, Svend Tollak Munkejord, Kristin Jordal, Philip Ringrose, Anne Steenstrup-Duch, Jessica Scott, Grethe Tangen, Stefan Götz, Project ACCSESS, COREu EU Project, NCCS: Norwegian CCS Research Centre

📢 Registration for #TCCS-13 is now open! 🥳 The registration link, fees, invoicing information and more can be found on our website (the deadline for early bird registration is 25 March) 👉 https://lnkd.in/eN9JZ5tf Nils Røkke, Rune Aarlien, An Hilmo, Stefan Götz, Philip Ringrose, Ashkan Jahanbani

Important #TCCS-13 update! The deadline to submit your abstracts for TCCS-13 has been extended to 10 February! 📆 Abstracts are invited to cover the entire CCS value chain. Abstracts will be reviewed by the Scientific Committee and selected as either an oral or poster presentation based on relevance, scientific quality, novelty and presentation. If your abstract is accepted for an oral or a poster presentation, you will also have the opportunity to submit an accompanying paper (6-10 pages), to be published in SINTEF Proceedings. However, this is *not mandatory*. Authors will be notified of acceptance by 25 March 2025. 10-15 abstracts will be selected for the opportunity to be expanded into full-length papers, for publication in a special edition of the International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control. The deadline for journal submission will be 30 June 2025. More information on submission and criteria can be found on the website 👉 https://lnkd.in/ekhFHpZg Philip Ringrose, Anna Korre, Roland Span, Svend Tollak Munkejord, Kristin Jordal

Happy 2025 - only five months to go until the next #TCCS! While the year is just starting, here are a couple of reminders about some key dates: The deadline for submitting an abstract for a poster or oral presentation at TCCS-13 is 1 February. Authors will be notified of acceptance by 25 March 2025. More information on submission and criteria can be found on the website 👉 https://lnkd.in/ekhFHpZg The deadline for nominations for the CCS Award is 30 April. More information on the award and previous winners can be found on the website 👉 https://lnkd.in/eKJ9XQzi Registration is due to open on 1 February! 🥳 An overview of registration fees has already been published on our website (the deadline for early bird registration is 25 March) 👉 https://lnkd.in/eN9JZ5tf Nils Røkke, Rune Aarlien, An Hilmo, Stefan Götz, Philip Ringrose, Ashkan Jahanbani, Anna Korre, Roland Span, Svend Tollak Munkejord, Kristin Jordal, SINTEF, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)

👀A peek behind the scenes: ECCSEL Trapping Mechanism Facility 💧 A certain amount of CO2 can dissolve into water. As the CO2-rich water is heavier than the water without CO2, it will therefore sink to the bottom of the storage formation. This process will form convection currents, which will enhance this process, known as “dissolution trapping mechanism”. This mechanism is key for ensuring the long-term safety of CO2 storage. 👉 Alv-Arne Grimstad (SINTEF) shows us around the ECCSEL test tank for studies of trapping mechanisms (also known as a “convection tank”), which has been designed to enable us to study this process under near-reservoir conditions. ECCSEL ERIC | SINTEF Industry | SINTEF Energy Research | Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) | Norwegian Ministry of Energy | Norges forskningsråd

👀A peek behind the scenes at SINTEF’s CO₂ laboratory at Tiller   How is CO₂ captured from flue gases? And how can we make capture methods even better? 🔬That’s where cutting-edge laboratories come in. 🎥 Join Research Manager Eirik Silva for a quick tour of SINTEF‘s state-of-the-art facility which is a highly equipped test facility for developing post-combustion CO₂ capture technologies, as well as flue gas analysis and research. #CCS | SINTEF Industry | SINTEF Energy Research | Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) | Norwegian Ministry of Energy | Norges forskningsråd

👀A peek behind the scenes: Hele-Shaw Cell and ECCSEL Core Flooding Facility An important part of #CCS is storing CO2 underground – but how can we be sure it stays there? Alv-Arne Grimstad (SINTEF) shows us two pieces of equipment that can support our understanding how CO2 behaves underground, and thereby improve the safety and efficacy of CO2 storage: 👉Hele-Shaw Cell, which enables us to study the movement of fluids through structures, and thereby understand how CO2 moves through underground fractures. 👉Two-phase, steady-state core flooding rig, which measures the saturation distribution of CO2 in a rock’s core. This rig has been used to study cores from under the North Sea, from areas that could be relevant for CO2 storage.   ECCSEL ERIC | SINTEF Industry | SINTEF Energy Research | Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) | Norwegian Ministry of Energy | Norges forskningsråd

🚢Ship-based #CO2transport is key for a full-scale #CCS value chain – but what happens if one exceeds the current water specification during liquefaction of low- and medium-pressure CO₂? That's exactly what our new paper aimed to answer! 💧Reducing CO₂ transport pressure from the conventional 14–18 bar to 7 bar can significantly increase transport capacity and lower costs. However, this also increases the risk of hydrate formation and operational challenges. The study's key findings were: 🔹 At 7 bar with 100 ppm water, no solid formation was observed, even near hydrate formation conditions. 🔹 At 7 bar with 200 ppm water, solid hydrates formed within 1 hour. 🔹 At 16 bar, no solid formation was observed with water contents up to 300 ppm. 👇Read more in the link below https://lnkd.in/dzY7E4-b The work is a collaboration between SINTEF Industry, Equinor, and SINTEF Energy Research under NCCS: Norwegian CCS Research Centre. Asmira Delić, Xiaoyun Li, Stian Trædal, Knut Arild Maråk, Thor Mejdell, Kai Hjarbo, David Berstad,Jacob Stang