At an event presided over by Crown Prince Haakon of Norway, Heidelberg Materials inaugurated in Brevik the world’s first cement plant equipped with a CO₂ capture and storage system (CCS) on an industrial scale.
This pioneering facility captures some 400,000 tons of carbon dioxide annually, representing approximately 50% of the plant’s total emissions.
Carbon sequestration at Brevik
This operation marks a strategic step in the Norwegian government’s Longship program, which aims to create a functional infrastructure to capture, transport and store hard-to-avoid emissions. In this context, the CO₂ captured at Brevik is liquefied, transported to a terminal on the Norwegian west coast and subsequently stored permanently under the North Seain a joint initiative with Equinor, Shell and TotalEnergies called Northern Lights.
Heidelberg Materials’ chairman of the board, Dr. Dominik von Achten, emphasized that the start-up of Brevik CCS transforms the way we think about the construction industry. He also noted that the experience gained in this plant will be replicated in other group projects to accelerate the adoption of advanced climate solutions in the sector.
Norway’s Minister of Energy, Terje Aasland, underscored the value of industry and government working together to scale up sustainable technologies and generate new market opportunities.
The plant, which continues to produce cement without interruption, has added 30 new operators trained to run the CCS system. Heidelberg Materials has already begun supplying evoZero, a carbon-captured cement that enables the production of net-zero-emission concrete, to several European customers.
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