A major carbon dioxide (CO2) storage initiative known as ‘Cap Décarbonation’ that aims to reduce CO2 emissions by 1.5m tonnes each year in the industrial basin of Dunkirk, France, will receive more than €160m ($172m) in funding from the EU’s CEF-E (Connecting Europe Facility for Energy) programme.
Under development by Air Liquide and Dunkerque LNG, the initiative’s pipeline project ‘D’Artagnan’ will include a pipeline to transport CO2 captured from Eqiom’s cement plant and Lhoist’s lime production facility, both in the North of France.
As part of the D’Artagnan project, Air Liquide will transport captured CO2 via pipelines to a new terminal in the West Port of Dunkirk, near the LNG terminal. This terminal, operated by Air Liquide and Dunkerque LNG, will liquefy CO2 for shipment to North Sea storage sites.
With development costs exceeding €400m ($429m), the facility will handle 1.5 million tonnes of CO2 annually, with future capacity up to four million tonnes, supporting significant CO2 capture and sequestration initiatives in the Dunkirk basin.
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