Southern Swedish carbon capture project receives government support

A new collaborative project for infrastructure solutions for the transport and permanent storage of captured carbon dioxide, CNetSS (Carbon Network South Sweden) is now starting. Nordion Energi is one of the stakeholders in the project, which is headed by Växjö Energi and will help create sustainable, cost-efficient solutions for a regional carbon infrastructure in southern Sweden. The Swedish Energy Agency has granted support of around SEK 2.5 million.

“It feels exciting, we’re delighted to help make a contribution. What we’re doing together today will increase cost-efficiency and the potential for reduced emissions and negative emissions in the long term,” says Sofie Rothén, project manager at Växjö Energi.

Synergies with CinfraCap

CNetSS has many synergies with the ongoing collaborative project CinfraCap, but the project also entails completely different conditions in the form of collaboration with other actors with other and more varying volumes of carbon dioxide flows over the year, specific local/regional logistical solutions and business structures, etc.

“Nordion Energi was formed with the aim of driving the climate transition by investing in new, sustainable and cost-efficient infrastructure. Against this background, it goes without saying that we should also be part of the collaborative project CNetSS,” says Anna-Karin Jannasch, senior project manager at Nordion Energi AB.

“Shared challenge”

Besides Växjö Energi and Nordion Energi, the following stakeholders are also involved in the project: Copenhagen Malmö Port, E.ON, Höganäs, Kemira, Kraftringen, Stora Enso, Sysav and Öresundskraft. Several companies have already scheduled carbon capture. Together, they have the potential to capture and store more than 2 million tonnes of carbon dioxide annually.

Government support

The project fits in well with Industriklivet, the Government’s long-term initiative to support the climate transition, and has therefore been granted financial support by the Swedish Energy Agency.

“It’s positive that so many actors are collaborating to create good conditions for infrastructure and a value chain for carbon capture and storage. Through collaboration, the cost can be reduced for the entire chain. Negative emissions are important for achieving the climate policy goals, and Sweden has good conditions for negative emissions, as we have large point source emissions of biogenic carbon dioxide,” says Isabella Gustafsson Ismodes, administrator at the Swedish Energy Agency.

CNetSS is starting now and will continue until 31 December 2023. In its decision, the Swedish Energy Agency states, among other things, that the project is believed to be an important step towards realising the value chain for bio-CCS (biogenic Carbon Capture and Storage). The potential for negative emissions is also expected to increase further in line with the transition from fossil to renewable fuels.

For more information, please contact:
Anna-Karin Jannasch
Senior project manager, Nordion Energi AB
anna-karin.jannasch@nordionenergi.se

Sofie Rothén
Project manager, Växjö Energi
sofie.rothen@veab.se