About CCS Baltic Consortium
Project members
The main objective of the CCS Baltic Consortium project is to significantly reduce CO₂ emissions generated in two European Union (EU) Member States – Lithuania and Latvia – by deploying carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology. Currently, the Baltic States lack CO₂ transport and permanent storage infrastructure and are among the last coastal regions in Europe where such a system has yet to be developed. The project therefore aims to bridge this gap by establishing a reliable and sustainable CO₂ value chain that could be used by industrial companies across the Baltic States. In this way, the project will make a significant contribution to the decarbonisation of industry throughout 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
CO₂ will be captured at the cement plants operated by SCHWENK Latvija (Latvia) and Akmenės cementas (Lithuania). The captured CO₂ will be transported by rail and road tankers to the Port of Klaipėda in Lithuania, where it will be temporarily stored at the CO₂ transshipment terminal. The terminal, being developed by KN Energies (Lithuania), will also be designed to receive small and medium volumes of CO₂ and will operate on an open-access basis – allowing other industrial companies to join this CCS value chain. From the transshipment terminal in Klaipėda, liquefied CO₂ will be transported by ship to permanent storage sites in geological formations beneath the North Sea seabed. Maritime transportation of CO₂ will be carried out by Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (Japan) and Larvik Shipping (Norway) – companies with extensive experience in shipping and vessel management.
