Final report from the ANICA project

The ANICA project has studied new concepts of the indirectly heated carbonate looping (IHCaL) process for CO2 capture from lime and cement plants. Test campaigns have been performed in a 300 kWth pilot test rig. Results from the experiments and comprehensive modelling work show that the IHCaL process has the potential to decarbonize lime and cement plants with low CO2 avoidance costs; 20–25 €/tCO2 for optimized configurations.

The ANICA project was coordinated by Technische Universität Darmstadt. The project consortium was composed by twelve partners from three different countries: Germany, United Kingdom (UK), and Greece.

The final report from ANICA is available (download) and you can find more details at the ANICA project website.

The EverLoNG project demonstrates CO2 capture at ships

The EverLoNG project is developing a new concept for CO2 capture at ships. A prototype has now been installed at an LNG carrier and you can watch a video of this important milestone at the project website.

Public acceptance and communication of CCS

One of the biggest challenges for CCS is that the public often do not understand what the CCS technology is all about. The CCS community need to communicate to the public how CCS works. It is important to build public awareness about how CCS can become an important tool to reduce global CO2 emissions.

The ACT project ENSURE have addressed this and they arranged a large workshop together with another ACT project, the SHARP project, to define how public perception can be adressed and how we should communicate to make sure the public understand what CCS is all about.

You can read more about the workshop at the ENSURE website.

MeDORA - Amine-based CO2 capture with minimized solvent degradation

The ACT4 project MeDORA will combine amine-based CO2 capture with a membrane to remove oxygen. This will reduce the amine degradation considerably. The project and the new and interesting technology is described in the last newsletter from IEAGHG (page 12-13).

ACT LOUISE project webinar, 6February 2024, Can we capture CO₂ from waste-to-energy plants in a cost-effective way?

This webinar is organised by the LOUISE project, which aims to reduce the cost of CO2 capture by demonstrating CLC as an innovative method for delivering power and heat from waste-derived fuels, and CO2 ready for storage or utilisation. Read more here

Facilitating the design of a 10 MWth demo plant for Chemical Looping Combustion (CLC)

The LOUISE project aims to demonstrate how chemical looping combustion (CLC) technology can be implemented on waste-to-energy facilities as a means of avoiding their CO2 emissions.

The project team have performed a very interesting test campaign in a 150 kWth units. You can read more about what the project team learned about further upscaling at the LOUISE website.

Final report from the MemCCSea project

CO2 capture is one of the viable options for the decarbonization of the shipping industry. The MemCCSea project have studied compact membrane systems for flexible operational and cost-effective post-combustion CO2 capture at ships.

The technology are very promising and with further development it could be a future full-scale solution for ships with low carbon footprints.

The final report can be downloaded from the MemCCSea project web site.

Invitation to workshop on public acceptance 13-15 November 2023

Two of the ACT projects, ENSURE and SHARP, invite to a workshop on public acceptance of CCS. The workshop takes place in Amsterdam 15 November 2023. More details available here.

Final report from the AC2OCEM project

The AC2OCEM project has shown how oxyfuel technology can be implemented in the cement industry as a cost-efficient carbon capture solution. The project team have advanced key components of oxyfuel cement plants to TRL6 by performing a series of pilot-scale experiments as well as several detailed analytical studies. An innovative second generation oxyfuel technology for new-build cement plants is also studied, facilitating a leap from TRL2 to TRL6 in key technological components.

The final report from the AC2OCEM project is available and can be downloaded.

Presentations at the ACT Knowledge Sharing Workshop

The ACT consortium is very happy with the successful ACT Knowledge Sharing Workshop in Paris 4th and 5th October 2023. The focus of the Workshop was to share knowledge, experiences and results gained in the ongoing ACT projects. The workshop was also an excellent opportunity for generating new ideas and building new networks.

A big thank to all the ACT projects who contributed to making the workshop a big success and a big thank to ADEME and ANR for great hospitality and for taking care of all practicalities.

The presentations from the workshop can be downloaded as soon as we have confirmation from the presenter to publish their slides. The list below will continuously be updated as soon as we hear from the presenters. The program is available here.

Opening session and key note presentations

Welcome to the ACT Knowledge Sharing Workshop 2023, Gerdi Breembroek, RVO / ACT. Download.

Presentation of French Ministry of Education, Xavier Montagne

Presentation of ANR, Pascal Bain. Download.

Presentation of ADEME, Anne Varet. Download.

Future possibilities within the Clean Energy Transition Partnership (CETP), Gerdi Breembroek, RVO / ACT. Download.

Carbon sinks: What role can research play or have in accelerating their development in France? Guillaume Boissonnet, CEA. Download.

Key note presentation - The role of CCUS in the green transition, Joop Hazenberg, ZEP (Zero Emission Platform). Download.

French ministry subject of CCS&CCU in France, Carol Paquier. Download.

Building industrial case for CO2 capture

Chemical looping technologies (the LOUISE project), Jochen Ströhle, Technische Universität Darmstadt. Download.

Solid adsorbent looping technology (the ABSALT project), Colin Snape, University of Nottingham. Download.

Sustainable operation of CO2 capture plants (the SCOPE project), Hanne Kvamsdal, SINTEF. Download.

CO2 Capture on ships (the EverLoNG project), Marco Linders, TNO. Download.

Building business cases for sustainable CO2 utilisation

Convert CO2 to biofuels and chemicals (the CooCE project), Rocio A. Diaz-Chavez, Imperial College London. Download.

Conversion of CO2 from cement plant (the CREATE project), Tim Stauft, Carbonova. Download

Convert CO2 to Ethylene (the CoCaCO2La project), Feifei Zhang, TWI. Download.

Convert CO2 to methanol (the NEXTCCUS project), Mahmoud Zendehdel, IRITALY Trading Company. Download.

Upscaling to CO2 storage in giga-ton scale

De-risiking CO2 storage (the SHARP project), Elin Skurtveit, NGI. Download.

Micro seismic monitoring of storage sites (the ENSURE project), Volker Oye, NORSAR. Download.

New cement for CO2 storage (the CEMENTEGRITY project), Reinier van Noort, IFE. Download.

Re-using depleted fields for CO2 storage (The RETURN project), Jelena Todorovic, SINTEF. Download.

Connecting CO2 sources and sinks (the ACTION project), Anna Korre, Imperial College. Download.

Research and innovation needed for CCUS deployment

New concept for CO2 Capture (the MeDORA project), Roberta Veronezi Figueiredo, TNO. Download.

Carbon sequestration in cement (the 3D Printing project), Souradeep Gupta, Indian Institute of Science Bangalore. Download.

Carbon conversion to cementitious materials for buildings (the MACE project), Ana Aday, NREL. Download.

Storing CO2 in basalts (the PERBAS project), Jörg Bialas, GEOMAR. Download.

Monitoring CO2 storage sites (the SPARSE project), Peder Eliasson, SINTEF. Download.

CO2 injection program for depleted gas reservoirs (the AMIGO project), Rick Chalaturnyk, University of Alberta. Download.

We have included some photos below that captures the atmosphere from the workshop. Please acknowledge our photographer Li Hua is you download and use the photos.

Group photo

Mahmoud Zendehdel presenting the NEXTCCUS project

Hanne Kvamsdal presenting the SCOPE project

Gerdi Breembroek has everybody’s attention

Marco Linders explaining the EverLoNG project at the poster session

Lively panel debate

Everything was very good organized by Oksana Toma and Thamires Moreira

Lively discussions at the poster session

Roberta Figueiredo presenting the MeDORA project

Happy representatives from the ACT consortium

Job opening: Director for the pan-European research infrastructure within CCUS

ECCSEL ERIC is looking for candidates for the position of Director/CEO. ECCSEL ERIC is the pan-European research infrastructure collaboration within CCUS. Interested candidates are referred to the job opening here https://www.mercuriurval.com/en-no/Opportunity/?jobadid=72022&refno=NO-05223. Closing date for applications is 27 October 2023.

Welcome to the ACT Knowledge Sharing Workshop

The ACT consortium welcomes you to the 7th ACT Knowledge Sharing Workshop.

The Workshop will take place in Paris 4th and 5th October 2023. The focus of the Workshop is to share knowledge, experiences and results gained in the ongoing ACT3 projects and the knowledge and the ambitions of ACT4 projects. Furthermore, we believe the workshop will be an excellent opportunity for generating new ideas and building new networks.

You will find all details in the invitation included below.

Invitation to the ACT Knowledge Sharing Workshop

Online participation is possible from this link: Click here to join the meeting.

Venue

Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR), 86 Rue Regnault, 75013 Paris, France

Program

Wednesday October 4th, 2023

09:00 Welcome to the ACT Knowledge Sharing Workshop 2023, Gerdi Breembroek, RVO / ACT

09:15 Presentation of French Ministry of Education, Xavier Montagne

09:30 Presentation of ANR, Pascal Bain

09:45 Presentation of ADEME, Anne Varet

10:00 Coffee break

10:20 Building industrial case for CO2 capture (85 minutes)

Moderator: Andrew Hlasko, US DOE

Introductory presentations (10 minutes each)

Chemical looping technologies (the LOUISE project), Jochen Ströhle, Technische Universität Darmstadt

Solid adsorbent looping technology (the ABSALT project), Colin Snape, University of Nottingham

Sustainable operation of CO2 capture plants (the SCOPE project), Hanne Kvamsdal, SINTEF

CO2 Capture on ships (the EverLoNG project), Marco Linders, TNO

 Panel discussion on industrial cases for CO2 capture (45 minutes)

11:45 Lunch and networking

13:30 Future possibilities within the Clean Energy Transition Partnership (CETP), Gerdi Breembroek, RVO / ACT

14:00 Building business cases for sustainable CO2 utilisation (100 minutes)

Moderator: Pascal Bain, ANR

Introductory presentations (10 minutes each)

Convert CO2 to biofuels and chemicals (the CooCE project), Rocio A. Diaz-Chavez, Imperial College London

Conversion of CO2 from cement plant (the CREATE project), Tim Stauft, Carbonova

Convert CO2 to Ethylene (the CoCaCO2La project), Feifei Zhang, TWI,

Convert CO2 to methanol (the NEXTCCUS project), Mahmoud Zendehdel, IRITALY Trading Company

 Panel discussion on sustainable business cases for CO2 utilisation (60 minutes)

 15:40 Coffee break

16:00 Poster session

17:30 Dinner cocktail

Thursday October 5th, 2023

09:00 Carbon sinks: What role can research play or have in accelerating their development in France? Guillaume Boissonnet, CEA

09:30 Key note presentation – The role of CCUS in the green transition, Joop Hazenberg, ZEP (Zero Emission Platform)

10:00 Coffee break

10:15 Upscaling to CO2 storage in giga-ton scale (90 minutes)

Moderator: Gerdi Breembroek, RVO

Introductory presentations (10 minutes each)

De-risiking CO2 storage (the SHARP project), Elin Skurtveit, NGI

Micro seismic monitoring of storage sites (the ENSURE project), Volker Oye, NORSAR

New cement for CO2 storage (the CEMENTEGRITY project), Reinier van Noort, IFE

Re-using depleted fields for CO2 storage (The RETURN project), Jelena Todorovic, SINTEF

Connecting CO2 sources and sinks (the ACTION project), Anna Korre, Imperial College

 Panel discussion on upscaling to giga-ton CO2 storage (40 minutes)

11:45 Lunch and networking

13:30 Research and innovation needed for CCUS deployment (70 minutes)

Moderator: Heiko Gerhauser, PT Jülich

Introductory presentations (5 minutes each)

New concept for CO2 Capture (the MeDORA project), Roberta Veronezi Figueiredo, TNO

Carbon sequestration in cement (the 3D Printing project), Souradeep Gupta, Indian Institute of Science Bangalore

Carbon conversion to cementitious materials for buildings (the MACE project), Ana Aday, NREL

Storing CO2 in basalts (the PERBAS project), Jörg Bialas, GEOMAR

Monitoring CO2 storage sites (the SPARSE project), Peder Eliasson, SINTEF

CO2 injection program for depleted gas reservoirs (the AMIGO project), Rick Chalaturnyk, University of Alberta

Panel discussion on research and innovation needed for CCUS deployment (40 min)

14:40 French ministry subject of CCS&CCU in France, Carol Paquier

15:10 Closing the workshop (5 minutes), Gerdi Breembroek, RVO / ACT

15:40, City walk

18:15, Social program

Boat trip on the Seine, including dinner. Boat leaving 18.45. All must be ready to enter the boat at 18:15. The social program will end at approximately 20:00

New wellbore sealants that resist CO2

To help accelerate CCS, the Cementegrity project is developing and testing new wellbore sealants to better resist CO2. As part of the project, PhD-student Seyed Hasan Hajiabadi at the University of Stavanger is developing a geopolymer sealant, based on natural rock materials and other waste materials. Geopolymers exhibit significant potential as substitute for commonly used cement-based wellbore sealants within CCS (as well as in other applications), because of their strong chemical resilience (stemming from low calcium content), low matrix permeability, and satisfactory mechanical characteristics.

Hasan recently became the first researcher in Cementegrity to publish a journal article. His paper, Review on Geopolymers as Wellbore Sealants: State of the Art Optimization for CO2 Exposure and Perspectives; was published in ACS Omega on 23rd June 2023. In this paper, he presents a literature study on geopolymer systems as CO2-resistant wellbore sealants, focusing on optimizing mechanical properties, permeability, and chemical durability, and identifying research gaps and challenges. Hasan is currently dedicated to developing a granite-based geopolymer wellbore sealant tailored for CCS application, evaluating its behaviour when exposed to brine and CO2 under simulated high-pressure, high-temperature conditions.

If you would like to know more, check the Cementegrity website, or contact the team. Hasan will also present some of his ongoing work at the upcoming webinar with Cementegrity, SHARP and RETURN, on 14 September. You can sign up for the webinar here.

The LOUISE project will reduce the CO2 capture cost by the innovative Chemical Looping Combustion (CLC) technology

The LOUISE project will prepare for a pre-commercial demonstration of Chemical Looping Combustion (CLC) of solid waste-derived fuels, an innovative process for generating power and heat from waste (waste-to-energy, WtE), providing a concentrated stream of CO2.

The project is funded through the ACT3 call and will be in operation until end of 2024. The project manager is Jochen Ströhle from Technische Universität Darmstadt. The project has partners from Germany, Greece, Norway, and Turkey.

The researchers in LOUISE are working closely with industrial partners. The interesting general assembly in Fredrikstad, Norway, in May 2023 showed the value of close interaction between academic and industrial partners. Read more.

After the General Assembly a news story about LOUISE achievements was published in local media. Read more.

Results from LOUISE were also presented at the TCCS conference. Read more.

Two of the project partners, SINTEF and TU Darmstadt, recently got funding for a transnational collaboration through the ECCSEL program. Test operation at a CLC pilot unit will be performed and results will be relevant input for the planned testing at larger scale in a 1 MWth unit. The LOUISE team will in the coming months keep us all updated with results at their project website.

Capturing CO2 with the best materials we can make

The PrISMa Project, funded by the second ACT call, have completed its activities with very interesting results. The project have screened thousands of materials to find the best candidates for CO2 capture. The most promising materials have been synthesized, characterized and tested, and tailormade capture technologies have been made.

The PrISMa team have produced many interesting publications, and you can find them here. You can also find more details at the PrISMa web site.

The EverloNG project paves way for CO2 capture at ships

The EverLoNG project is developing a new concept for CO2 capture at ships. A prototype has now been installed at an LNG carrier. Read more.

Final report from the ACTOM project

The ACTOM project has developed a Decision Support Tool for offshore monitoring and environmental impact assessments for offshore geological CO2 storage sites. More details about the project, including access to the tool, is available at the project web site.

The final report from the ACTOM project is available and can be downloaded.

Final report from the DIGIMON project

The DigiMon project has studied monitoring of CO2 storage sites and very interesting results have been achieved.

The DigiMon objective is to accelerate the implementation of CCS by developing and demonstrating an affordable, flexible, societally embedded and smart Digital Monitoring early-warning system, for monitoring any CO2 storage reservoir and subsurface barrier system.

Read more about achievements, results and deliverables at the Digimon website. The final report can be downloaded here.

Final report from the SENSE project

The SENSE project was completed early 2023 with very interesting results. SENSE has focused on the geomechanical aspects of CO2 storage sites and the deformation induced in surrounding formations and observed at surface.

Geomechanics controls the integrity of storage sites. Experimental and numerical studies showed that ground deformation monitoring will reveal geomechanical changes that can easily be measured. And the good news is that ground deformations can be calculated beforehand using a mathematical solution developed in SENSE. This solution is available for calculating ground deformation around and above storage reservoir. This implies that operators do not need to do a costly, full geomechanical modelling in the planning phase of the project but instead do a quick and inexpensive first-order estimation that is reliable. The good news is that ground deformation, which we propose as a monitoring parameter, is not a stand-alone study but can use the same model as used for analysing faults, fractures, etc.

SENSE has propose a monitoring workflow that includes ground deformation and you can read about this and other results in the SENSE Final Report (download)