Yara opens Europe's largest industrial carbon capture facility
Yara's new Netherlands facility can capture 800,000 tonnes of CO2 a year from ammonia production, sending it by ship to permanent storage under the North Sea.
Crop nutrition company Yara has inaugurated Europe's largest industrial carbon capture facility at its ammonia and fertilizer plant in Sluiskil, the Netherlands, ESG Today reports. The facility can capture and liquefy up to 800,000 tonnes of CO2 a year from ammonia production.
The project is the first complete cross-border value chain for capturing, transporting and permanently storing carbon dioxide in Europe. Captured CO2 will travel by ship to Norway, where it will be stored roughly 2,600 metres beneath the seabed of the North Sea through the Northern Lights joint venture, backed by Equinor, Shell and TotalEnergies. Over 15 years, the project is expected to capture and store around 12 million tonnes of CO2 in total.
"Large-scale industrial decarbonization is possible today. Europe must cut emissions while keeping industry, jobs and value chains in Europe," said Yara chief executive Svein Tore Holsether. Northern Lights managing director Tim Heijn said the project shows that "capture and cross-border CO2 transport and storage is a viable solution for European industry."
Yara says the lower-carbon ammonia from the facility will support cleaner supply chains across agriculture, industry, energy and shipping, including sustainable fertilizers and low-carbon maritime fuels.
Reporting by Mark Segal for ESG Today. Source: https://www.esgtoday.com/yara-launches-largest-carbon-capture-facility-in-europe/
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