Norwegian shipping company Klaveness Combination Carriers
became the first shipping line to join a new initiative that will explore the
use of Carbon Capture & Storage technologies (CCS) for ships to reduce CO2
emissions. Apart from its ongoing work to improve its energy, operational, and
trading efficiency, Klaveness is exploring and testing other innovative
solutions to reduce its CO2 emissions. It believes that onboard CO2 capture
systems can play an important role in meeting the shipping emission target
before zero-carbon fuels become viable.
Led by SINTEF Energy Research, the CCShip project will
collaborate with key research and industrial organizations to explore carbon
capture aboard ships. The main objective of the CCShip project is to develop
cost-effective solutions for carbon capture and storage from ships, as well as
to understand when CCS can be a more attractive technology than alternative
solutions to reduce CO2 emissions from ships.
The base case in the CCShip project is solvent-based CO2
capture, which has been shown to be a feasible solution. DNV previously estimated
that solvent-based absorption CCS would possibly reduce ship emissions by over
50 percent. However, while a recent study indicates onboard CCS can have higher
economic feasibility than zero-carbon fuels, the project leaders highlight that
solvent-based CO2 capture is likely to be an expensive solution.
The project will also focus on the potential of different
novel CO2 capture solutions in terms of weight, compactness, integration,
efficiency, and cost. To maximize opportunities for CO2 capture implementation,
the project will investigate opportunities for different ship types and
transport applications (size, fuel type, voyage distance), as well as consider
both new-build and retrofitting of vessels.
“To reach our decarbonization targets of carbon-neutral
operation within 2030, we need to evaluate all solutions contributing towards
significant further reductions of CO2 emissions in our transport work,” says
Engebret Dahm, CEO of Klaveness Combination Carriers. “We are excited to learn
more about CCS and to contribute with our operational experience to this
research project. We will continuously evaluate whether carbon capture may be
one of the possible solutions for decarbonization for the Klaveness fleet.”
In addition to Klaveness, participants in the CCShip project
include SINTEF Energy Research (project leader), SINTEF Ocean, NTNU, University
of Oslo, Seoul National University, Wärtsilä Moss, and Calix Limited. The
CCShip project is funded by Wärtsilä Moss, Calix Limited, the Norwegian CCS Centre
NCCS, as well as the Norwegian Research Council through the MAROFF program.