The main objective of NORDICCS is to boost the deployment of CCS in the Nordic countries by creating a durable network of excellence integrating R&D capacities and relevant industry .
The project is operating under the Top-level Research Initiative (TRI). NORDICCS is the Nordic CCS platform involving the major CCS stakeholders in the five Nordic countries.
Objectives:
- Provide Nordic industry-driven leadership within CCS innovation and realization
- Demonstrate how CCS can contribute to the Nordic portfolio of climate change mitigation options
- Enable the Nordic countries to join forces to become pioneers in large-scale implementation of CCS
- Multi-contextual focus to utilize Nordic differences for broad stakeholder and global relevance
- Strengthen the competitive power of the region by combining complementary capacities of the Nordic countries
Partners:
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Finland
Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute, Sweden
GEUS, Denmark
University of Iceland, Iceland
SINTEF Petroleum Research, Norway
Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
Tel-Tek, Norway
University of Oslo, Norway
SINTEF Energy Research, Norway
Sveriges Geologiska Undersøkning, Sweden
User/industry partners:
Reykjavik Energy, Iceland
Statoil Petroleum AS, Norway
Gassco, Norway
Norcem, Norway