gigaCCS is the new FME research centre, which was officially launched at the Clarion Hotel in Trondheim. The event was attended by more than ninety participants from the Centre’s 39 founding industry and research partners, plus representatives from the Research Council of Norway and the Norwegian Government.

This gathering became the stage for the partnership for the next 8 years, with a focus on scaling up CCS to the gigatonne level.

FME gigaCCS aims for CCS deployment to reach gigatonne scale by 2050, as long as CCS scales up to billions of tonnes to achieve emission reduction targets throughout Norway, Europe, and globally.

Terje Aasland, Norway’s Minister of Energy, commented, “I’m excited to see SINTEF taking on the next big challenge, growing CCS capacity from millions to billions of tonnes,” said Aasland. “CCS is not new to Norway. We have over 40 years of experience in developing and testing this technology. SINTEF has played a key role in this from the very start. Strong partnerships like gigaCCS are crucial if we are to fight climate change.”

gigaCCS Director and Research Director at SINTEF Energy Research, Mona Mølnvik, stated ‘CCS research is more important than ever—a fact reflected in the size and breadth of gigaCCS' industry and research partners. CCS at a gigatonne scale crucial for achieving national and global emission reduction goals. The vision of gigaCCS is therefore clear: to support the accelerated deployment of CCS at gigatonne scale for net-zero emissions by 2050.’

Mølnvik added, “In eight years, when the Centre concludes, we want to celebrate a success—not for ourselves, but because the world needs it.”