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Annual Report 2019 ANNUAL REPORT 2019 NCCS ANNUAL REPORT 2019 / 1 NCCS NCCS aims to fast-track CCS deployment by working closely with industry on research topics designed to address major barriers to making CCS happen in Norway, Europe, and the world. CO2 capture, transport, and storage (CCS) is a process where waste carbon dioxide (CO2) is captured from large industrial plants, transported in pipelines or ships and deposited (e.g. in an underground geological formation) so it will not enter the atmosphere. EU energy and climate targets cannot be met costeff ectively without CCS, NCCS (Norwegian CCS Research Centre) is a Centre for Environment-friendly while making sure we have enough energy to go around. Energy Research (FME). @NCCS_FME Selected highlights from 2019 February April May June July August September October November 2 / NCCS ANNUAL REPORT 2019 NCCS ANNUAL REPORT 2019 / 3 2019 BY NUMBERS CONTENTS Fast-tracking CCS deployment in Norway, Europe and the world 8 NCCS in a nutshell 11 Vision and goals 15 Sailing towards lower cost & legal certainty for CCS 17 Studying the Outdoor Lab of Svalbard 20 2016 Research plan 24 Innovation Strategy 25 Innovations and impact of NCCS research 26 Organisation 33 2024 Results from research tasks 38 Research results in use by partners 68 Spin-off projects 69 International Cooperation 71 Recruitment 80 Communication 83 28 PARTNERS 8 YEARS 465 MNOK Appendix 1: NCCS Publications 92 Appendix 2: Accounting statement: 100 Appendix 3: Personnel 101 People Communication and dissemination 2019 21 19 Peer-reviewed Newsletters 8 1 PhD financed by others publications Master’s degrees 24 12 PhDs financed by NCCS Multimedia 14 Products Communication and Professors Postdoctorial researchers 4 financed by NCCS dissemination 2016-2019 Postdoctorial 2 researchers 59 Presentations 17 28 financed by Blogposts and Newsletters others information 32 3 material Peer-reviewed 35 Peer-reviewed 56 publications Multimedia papers Media products 134 Contribution Industry and Vendor participants 99 Key researchers 1 118 88 Visiting Presentations Blogposts and researcher information material 6 Peer-reviewed 132 papers Media contribution There might be some discrepancies between the numbers in the fi gure and numbers registered in Cristin, mainly due to FME partners that do not have a university or research 4 / NCCS ANNUAL REPORT 2019 All pictures without reference to another source is property of SINTEF. institute affi liation or because the FME project code has not yet been registered in the post. NCCS ANNUAL REPORT 2019 / 5 Utilization of municipal solid waste to achieve negative CO2 emissions The Calcium Looping process represents one option for post-combustion CO2 capture from conventional power or industrial plants. In this process, a limestone- based sorbent stream circulates between two interconnected Lower CCS cost and risk through better circulating fluidized bed (CFB) reactors. The CO is separated CO viscosity and thermal conductivity 2 2 due to cyclic carbonation and Viscosity is a property that is important for several CCS calcination of the circulating processes. In lay-man terms, viscosity can be expressed as sorbent. The process can also be the resistance of a fluid to flow. To illustrate the concept of applied to the waste-to-energy viscosity, an example that should be familiar to all is syrup, sector. Municipal solid waste (MSW) which at room temperature does not flow easily and hence allows for negative CO2 emissions has a relative high viscosity. If heated up, however, syrup due to its large organic waste flows much easier and hence has a lower viscosity. Viscosity fractions. Negative CO2 emissions is included in models for flow and heat transfer. The property are required to limit anthropogenic is particularly important whenever the flow can be said to be climate change eff ects. laminar, i.e. when the flow is free from turbulence. Find out more: www.nccs.no Find out more: www.nccs.no – Annual report 2019 – Annual report 2019 6 / NCCS ANNUAL REPORT 2019 NCCS ANNUAL REPORT 2019 / 7 2019 – a year of great importance for Without industry support, there would be no NCCS research and strategy research. We cannot stress the importance of our FAST-TRACKING CCS close cooperation with industry enough”, says Mølnvik. "2019 was a great year for NCCS! We have produced strong scientific results, which you can read more NCCS' already strong coupling with a broad industry DEPLOYMENT IN NORWAY, about in this report. The involvement from industry is continued in 2019 as Tord Lien was introduced as the stronger than ever. We have a great team of industry new Chairman of the Board. Lien is a Regional Leader in experts (vendors and users) and a team of research the The Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise (NHO). EUROPE AND THE WORLD partners, both national and international, with high He is also a former Minister of Petroleum and Energy in engagement in the Centre. Because of international Norway. collaborations, there have also been several spin-off Europe is steering towards a net zero-CO2 emission economy. "To make that possible, we need to maintain a high level of security of supply, low cost of energy while at the same time maintaining the very crucial process- projects from NCCS in the EU H2020-programme”, "Tord will work with NCCS on a strategic level by industries in Europe. But industrial companies have to operate very differently in 2050 than today if we are to says Mona Mølnvik, Director of NCCS. connecting and working more closely with industry, in reach our climate targets. It is very hard to see this happening without a huge deployment of CCS across Europe”, addition to promoting CCS even more in Norway, Europe says Tord Lien, NCCS Chairman of the Board. The year kicked off with the presentation of the Effect and other parts of the world", explains Mølnvik. Study to the (then) Minister of Petroleum and Energy, "That's why a research centre like NCCS, where industry, R&D, authorities and academia cooperate to fast-track CCS Kjell-Børge Freiberg. The study showed that energy Five new spin-off projects started up last year. Among deployment in Norway, Europe and the world, is so important". research leads to important, profitable innovations for these are competence building projects with funding industry. "In this study, we have explained the specific from the CLIMIT, PETROMAKS and Energi X programs value of our research", Mølnvik says. operated under the Research Council of Norway. Together with the two spin-off projects in 2018, they Two new industry partners joined the Centre in 2019: have given the Centre an extra 60 million NOK in Lundin AS and Vår Energi. Also, Baker Hughes are in the funding. "This is a huge achievement and it brings more final stages of joining NCCS. “We are extremely proud momentum into the Centre" Mølnvik says proudly. to have them on board. It's a huge achievement for us. "An example of another industry-anchored spin-off Mona J. Mølnvik Tord Lien Dr. Mona J. Mølnvik is the NCCS Centre Director. Tord Lien is the NCCS Chairman of the Board and Regional Director for She has been with SINTEF for 20 years, and Trøndelag at The Confederation of Norwegian has been active in CCS research since the early Enterprise (NHO). 2000s. Mona holds a PhD within mechanical engineering from NTNU and is Research Before joining NHO in 2017, Lien was Minister Director for the Gas Technology department at for Petroleum and Energy (2013-2016). SINTEF Energy Research. As Minister, Lien played a central role in developing and transitioning the Norwegian She was central in developing and leading the energy-, oil- and gas sector in a challenging centre of excellence, FME BIGCCS – International economic period in Norway. CCS Research Centre (2009-2016). Further, she has been involved in several EU-projects. Mona He represented The Progress Party in parliament has been a central contributor to development (2005-2013) and has a Master's degree in of CCS research strategies, and she was the first history from NTNU (1999 – 2003). leader of the CO2 transport initiative under EERA JP Carbon Capture and Storage. 8 / NCCS ANNUAL REPORT 2019 NCCS ANNUAL REPORT 2019 / 9 NCCS IN A NUTSHELL th project is the CLIMIT Demo-funded Preem project", NCCS aims to fast-track CCS by working closely with creation. The NCCS Board also had its 8 meeting on Mølnvik says. The main objective is for Preem to under- the industry on research topics designed to address October 23. take on-site CO2 capture from their hydrogen production major barriers in making CCS happen in Norway, facility at Lysekil. The goal is to enable full-scale CO2 Europe, and the world. NCCS research focuses on two capture with connections to the Norwegian Full-scale ”CCS Deployment Cases”: CCS for Norwegian Industry Project. and Storing Europe’s CO2 in the North Sea. "In June, we hosted the 10th Trondheim CCS Conference Fast-tracking CCS is a joint effort. NCCS is a (TCCS). TCCS is the world's second largest scientific collaborative project between 28 partners in industry, CCS conference with more than 400 delegates from all research institutes and other organisations, in 10 around the world, representing industries, governments, CCS deployment. "This is one of the most important countries and om three continents. NCCS also has research institutes and NGOs", Mølnvik explains. decisions that needs to be made in Norway next year" 7 associated partners. NCCS is led by SINTEF Energy Lien says. Research in Trondheim, Norway. Norway as a frontrunner on CCS – “This is also highly motivational for researchers that As an industry-driven Centre, our industry partners Possibilities, climate contribution have been working on this project for many years, to guide and prioritize the research tasks to tackle and value creation in industry actually witness the results of what they have been industrial challenges related to CCS.
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