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Brevik CCS

Heidelberg Materials · Brevik · NO · Cement and concrete · decarbonisation

Operating400,000 tonnes CO2 captured per year

Brevik CCS is Heidelberg Materials' cement project at Brevik, Norway.

Why it matters

It is running.

  • Brevik CCS started operating on 18 June 2025. as of 2025-06-18
  • It is at Brevik, Norway. as of 2025-06-18
  • It uses post-combustion carbon capture and CO2 transport and storage. as of 2025-06-18
  • It is built for 400,000 tonnes CO2 captured per year. as of 2025-06-18
  • No committed public money is on file for it. as of 2025-06-18

Status

  1. Announced
  2. Funded
  3. FID taken
  4. In construction2024-12-02
  5. Operating2025-06-18
  • 2024-12-02In constructionMechanical completion reached on schedule.source
  • 2025-06-18OperatingOpening of the facility; the first industrial-scale capture plant in the cement industry.source

Technology and measures

  • Post-combustion carbon captureearly-commercialCO2 is separated from the kiln's flue gas after combustion, using an amine or solvent process bolted onto an existing plant, which is what makes it the retrofit route for kilns that are not being rebuilt.
  • CO2 transport and storageearly-commercialThe pipelines, ships, terminals and permitted geological stores that a captured tonne has to reach before it counts as abated, and which no single cement plant can build for itself.

Funding

  • undisclosedLongship (Norwegian State)approvedA Norwegian government programme, outside the register's perimeter.The release places Brevik inside the Longship chain and states no amount. The Norwegian government's own Longship documents carry the figure, and it matters more than most — Brevik is the worked example, and the state's share of it is what the subsidy-dependence constraint is really about. See GAPS.md.source

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