Brevik CCS is a world first for the cement industry

Brevik CCS is the world’s first industrial-scale CCS in the cement industry and will capture around 400,000 tonnes of CO₂ per year, which is half of the plant’s emissions.

The facility is part of the Norwegian government’s Longship project, developing Europe’s first full-scale value chain for carbon capture, transport, and storage from hard-to-abate industries. Within Longship, the Northern Lights initiative – a collaboration between Equinor, Shell, and TotalEnergies – is the partner responsible for the carbon transport and storage.

The CO₂ captured in Brevik will be liquefied and shipped to an onshore terminal on the Norwegian west coast. From there, it will be transported by pipeline to permanent storage under the North Sea.  

“The opening of Brevik CCS is a tremendous technological achievement that will serve as a blueprint for entire industries as we progress towards Net Zero and into a new era of sustainable construction,” said Dr Dominik von Achten, chairman of the Managing Board of Heidelberg Materials. “Net-zero concrete is no longer a future ambition but a reality.”