Reducing CO2 emissions, facilitating uses of efficient energy use and nuclear power

1. CCSP Factsheet June 2013
CCSP Program Manager:
Sebastian Teir, D.Sc.
Phone: +358 40 487 8117
sebastian.teir@cleen.fi
CLEEN Ltd. c/o VTT – Technical
Research Centre of Finland
Biologinkuja 5, Espoo,
P.O. Box 1000, FI-02044 VTT
Finland
CCSP research areas
CCS concepts
Solutions for combined heat and power
(CHP) plants, multi-fuel power plants, bioCCS, and heavy industry. CO2 utilisation and
novel concepts.
Long-term breakthrough technologies
Chemical looping combustion (CLC). Mineral
carbonation
Carbon Capture and Storage Program
A key technology for achieving CO2 emission reductions
Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) is considered to be one of the main options for reducing
CO2 emissions alongside renewable energy, more efficient energy use and nuclear power.
The concept of CCS includes capture of CO2 produced by a power plant or an industrial
plant, transportation of CO2 to a suitable storage location, and permanent storage of CO2 in
isolation from the atmosphere. CCS could significantly reduce CO2 emissions in a relatively
short time frame (10-20 years).
CO2 capture
(at powerplant or
industrial facility)
Pipeline transportation
to intermediate storage
Ship transportation
to storage terminals
Pipeline transportation to storage
Storage of CO2 permanently
isolated from the atmosphere
The objective for the Carbon Capture and Storage Program (CCSP) is to develop CCS-related
technologies and concepts, leading to essential pilots and demonstrations by the end of
the program. A further objective is to create a strong scientific basis for the development
of CCS technology, concepts and frameworks, and to establish active, international CCS
co-operation.
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Monitoring technology
Development of methods and technology
for monitoring of CO2 capture and storage
Framework for CCS
Regulation, sustainability and public
acceptance of CCS. Infrastructure and CO2
storage capacity

2. CCSP Factsheet June 2013
CCS – significant opportunities for
Finland and Finnish stakeholders
The development of CCS technology faces many challenges. CO2 capture is currently
very energy intensive and development is needed to bring costs down. Also, CO2 needs
to be transported to a suitable storage site for secure and permanent storage. Although
CCS technology has not yet been implemented at a full-scale power plant, several
demonstration projects are underway in the world.
CCS offers significant opportunities to implementation in Finland. Being a large consumer
of power and heat, Finland has a unique opportunity in integrating CCS with combined
heat and power (CHP) plants. As Finland is a large consumer of biomass, adding CCS to
bioenergy solutions (bio-CCS) would enable removal of CO2 from the atmosphere. CCS is
the only technology that can significantly reduce CO2 emissions – typically by 90% – not
only from power plants but carbon intensive industry as well, such as oil refining and steel
manufacturing. Finding CCS solutions for heavy industry is therefore important for reducing
CO2 emissions from the Finnish industry.
For the Finnish technology developers and providers CCS could provide a significant market
share in the future. Chemical looping combustion (CLC) is a new CCS technology that
benefits from Finnish expertise in fluidized bed boiler. Monitoring technologies is another
Finnish expertise that can help in making CCS a safe and secure emission reduction method
and improve the social acceptance of CCS. A systematic innovation process is being
employed for finding new low-cost CCS concepts.
CCSP Program volume:
3 M€/a 2011-2015
CCSP consortium members
• 17 Industrial partners
• 9 Research partners
Industrial partners 52,4%
Fortum Oyj 23%, Ramboll Finland Oy 13%,
Vibrometric Oy 12%, Helsingin Energia 8%,
Gasum Oy 7%, Neste Oil Oyj 5%, Foster
Wheeler Energia Oy 5%, Ruukki Metals Oy 5%,
Neste Jacobs Oy 5%, Fortum Power and
Heat Oy 5%, Stora Enso Oyj 3%, ÅF-Consult
Oy 3%, Oulun Energia 2%, Tapojärvi Oy 2%,
Nordkalk Oy Ab 2%, Andritz Oy 1%, Outotec
Oyj 1%
Mapping the geological storage potential in areas close to Finland is important, as the
Finnish bedrock does not have any formations suitable for storage of CO2. However,
Finland has also large reserves of minerals that could be used for converting CO2 into inert
carbonate minerals. To enable this, the technology for mineral carbonation needs to be
developed further.
Research partners 47.6%
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
41%, Aalto University 15%, Lappeenranta
University of Technology 13%, Geological
Survey of Finland 9%, Tampere University
of Technology 6%, University of Oulu 5%,
Åbo Akademi University 5%, University of
Tampere 4%, Finnish Environment Institute 2%
About CLEEN
The CCSP consortium is managed by CLEEN,
the strategic research centre for the Energy
and Environment Cluster. CLEEN Ltd was
founded in 2008. The 45 shareholders are all
major actors in the sector, with 28 corporate
shareholders and 17 research institutions or
university shareholders.
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