Industrial gas major Air Liquide has announced its plans to build, own and operate what it’s calling a ‘world-scale’ carbon capture unit at its existing hydrogen production facility in the port of Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
The company plans to capture carbon dioxide (CO2) from the process using its Cryocap technology before the captured gas is transported through Porthos – one of Europe’s largest carbon capture and storage (CCS) infrastructure.
A joint venture of EBN, Gasunie and the Port of Rotterdam Authority, Porthos will transport CO2 to depleted gas fields in the North Sea, approximately 20 km off the coast, where it will be permanently stored at a depth of three to four kilometres under the seabed.
The project plans to store about 2.5 million tonnes of CO2 per year for 15 years, totalling around 37 million tonnes.
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