Norway carbon capture

SINTEF, the Norwegian University of Science and Technology and Aker Clean Carbon are to work together to develop new chemicals and processes to capture CO₂ emissions from power stations under the auspices of a £30m eight-year programme called SOLVit.

Gassnova SF - the Norwegian government’s vehicle for CO₂ management (capture, transport, injection and storage) - has approved £3.4m in support of the first phase of the project, which runs until the end of 2010.

Aker Clean Carbon and SINTEF have already developed many processes to capture CO₂ using amines, one of which is already ready to use. Phase one of the SOLVit programme will be used to test other amine solutions under development by the two companies.

In phase two and three of SOLVit, the companies will attempt to develop new chemical solutions to make the CO₂ removal process less expensive. Their aim is to come up with a process facility for CO₂ capture that can operate using half the energy that is consumed by processes presently in use.