Steel structures for a unique CO2 capture facility in Norway

TMETAL has been awarded a contract in Norway to manufacture the steel structure for the carbon capture and storage facility at the Norcem cement plant in Brevik. Our company is supplying steel structures for the compressor system (handrails, staircases, ladders, walkways). We will deliver approximately 160 tonnes of steel structures, including design and structural engineering.

This unique project to build a facility for capturing, liquefying and temporarily storing CO2 at the Brevik cement plant will be the first large-scale installation of its kind in the world, supported by the Norwegian government. It is expected to capture approximately 400,000 metric tons of CO2 annually, reducing emissions from cement produced in Brevik by 50%. CO2 will be separated using a solvent and transported to underground stores where it will be temporarily held and then shipped for permanent storage beneath the seabed off Norway’s west coast. The Brevik plant will also be the first to use a special technology to recover heat from the compressor system and use it as steam to cover roughly one third of the plant’s total heat demand. As a result, the system requires significantly less energy compared with conventional carbon capture technologies.

The goal is to begin separating CO2 from the cement production process in Brevik by 2024. Since cement plants are among the largest CO2 emitters, carbon capture at cement plants is considered a crucial step toward meeting climate targets.