About CCS Baltic Consortium
Project members
CCS Baltic Consortium project (Project) is primarily aimed at significantly decreasing CO₂ emissions originating from two EU Member States – Lithuania and Latvia, through CCS. The Baltic States currently do not have CO₂ transport and sequestration infrastructure and are one of the last coastal territories in Europe where such system has not yet been developed or planned. Therefore, the Project wants to fill this gap by developing a robust and sustainable CO₂ value chain that may be utilised by all emitters in the Baltics, thus having significant decarbonisation potential for the region.
The European Union (EU) is among the forerunners in tackling the emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG) with an ambitious goal of becoming climate neutral by 2050. Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is well understood and an essential instrument for reaching decarbonisation targets, primarily in hard to abate sectors emitting large volumes of carbon dioxide (CO₂), the most common of GHG. Large CO₂ emissions, together with fulfilling EU climate targets, are currently some of the main drivers for CCS technology adoption within the Baltics.
CCS Baltic Consortium project value chain
The CO₂ will be captured at cement plants operated by Schwenk Latvija (LV) and Akmenės Cementas (LT). Captured CO₂ will be transported via CO₂ newly designed pipeline to Klaipėda port, Lithuania. Amber grid (LT) and Conexus Baltic Grid (LV) will ensure smooth onshore transportation. CO₂ will be transported to and stored at the multimodal LCO₂ import/export terminal operated by KN Energies located at Klaipėda port. Facility will accommodate acceptance of road transport by trucks or railway by wagons for small-medium volumes. LCO₂ will be transported by ships to the permanent offshore storage facility location. Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (JPN) and Larvik Shipping (NO) will cover offshore transportation.
