Design for a unique CO2 capture facility in Norway

TMETAL has acquired order to Norway for production steel structures to CO2 capture and storage facility from the Norcem cement plant in Brevik. Our company is involved in the supply of steel structures for the compressor system (railings, stairs, ladders, walkways). We supply approximately 160 tons of steel structures including design and statics.

This unique project to build a CO2 capture, liquefaction and temporary storage facility at the Brevik cement plant will be the first large-scale facility of its kind in the world, supported by the Norwegian government. It is expected to capture approximately 400 000 metric tons of CO2 per year, reducing emissions from cement produced at Brevik by 50%. It will separate the CO2 using a solvent and transport it to underground storage tanks, where it will be temporarily stored and then transported by ship for permanent storage under the seabed on the west coast of Norway. The Brevik cement plant will also be the first to use special technology to recover heat from the compressor system and use it as steam to cover approximately one third of the plant’s total heat demand. As a result, the system solution requires significantly less energy compared to conventional carbon capture technologies.

The goal is to start separating CO2 from the cement production process in Brevik by 2024. Since cement plants are one of the largest CO2 emitters, CO2 capture in cement plants is considered a crucial step towards achieving climate goals.