Impact
Maximising impact from research is an important task of NCCS. The potential impact of each innovation is monitored to help ensure research effort is directed in the most effective way.
Our innovation goals
- Fulfill the commercial ambitions and needs of industry and society, while maximising innovation in deployment cases.
- Establish a targeted spin-off programme for the execution phase of innovation processes and their faster adoption.
- Establish new research projects within topics where knowledge gaps are identified.
- As part of the innovation process, design a comprehensive IP strategy.
An innovation may be defined as a product, a technology, a component, a process, a model, a concept, an experimental facility, or a service that is new or significantly improved with respect to properties, technical specifications, or ease of use.
The illustration below shows some of the NCCS innovations identified to date, along with their positioning on the Technology Readiness Level (TRL) scale.
Our innovations descriptions contain information about their current TRL. At NCCS, we use the same TRL criteria as the European Commission. These are:
- TRL 1 – Basic principles observed
- TRL 2 – Technology concept formulated
- TRL 3 – Experimental proof of concept
- TRL 4 – Technology validated in lab
- TRL 5 – Technology validated in relevant environment
- TRL 6 – Technology demonstrated in relevant environment
- TRL 7 – System prototype demonstration in operational environment
- TRL 8 – System complete and qualified
- TRL 9 – Actual system proven in operational environment
Technology readiness level
Field-scale effect of CO2 mobility control based on lab-scale characterisation
Technology readiness level
SINTEF coupled FE-CFD model for RDF prediction
Improved structural model of the Horda platform area
Approach for quantitative monitoring of key rock physics properties
Technology readiness level
DORA (Dissolved Oxygen Removal Apparatus)
Software for quick screening of critically oriented faults: FracStress
CO2 liquefaction and phase-separation for carbon capture
Experimental method to assess injectivity impairment mechanisms
Field-scale CO2 mobility control
Legacy well integrity screening tool (LWST) for safe storage
Characterisation of substances for CO2-brine foam stabilisation
Technology readiness level
Advanced numerical modelling of hydrogen flames
A hybrid process combining PMR and CO2 liquefaction
Distributed time lag (DTL) model for combustion dynamics prediction
Visc-Dens: An experimental rig
Along-fault flow models for the overburden
Value of information-based framework for cost-effective monitoring
Experimental rig to assess salt precipitation at different distances from a well
Technology readiness level
Improving the design approach of CCS chains to better handle fluctuations over time and uncertainties
Portable primary flow reference for liquid CO2
Design of a flow meter test loop
Probabilistic multi-asset and multi-actor tool for CO2 transport and storage networks
Technology readiness level
Novel hybrid adsorption-liquefaction process for post-combustion CO2 capture
Optimal integration of CO2 capture from WtE plants using Calcium Looping process
An experimental rig for static flow meter tests
Coming soon: The NCCS innovations catalogue
Learn about all our 27 innovations by reading our innovations catalogue, which will be available right here, shortly.
Spin-off projects
The following projects are established and financed by the NCCS consortium.
CO₂FFER – Data and models to optimise maritime CO₂ transport and offshore injection
CO₂FFER focuses on providing key models and experimental data to support the optimisation and further development of CO₂ ship transport and direct CO₂ injection from ships.
PREFERENCE – Primary flow reference for CCS
PREFERENCE focuses on accurate and traceable metering of CO₂ for fiscal and commercial purposes.
ADVENCCS – Advanced energy recovery and CO₂ capture systems for a decarbonised ferroalloy industry
ADVENCCS focuses on CO₂ capture from the ferroalloy industry, which is currently responsible for 3 Mt/year of Norway’s CO₂ emissions.
CCShip – Deploying Carbon Capture and Storage for ships to enable maritime CO₂ emission mitigation
CCShip will develop cost-effective solutions for ships, as well as understand when CCS can be a more attractive technology than alternative solutions for reducing CO₂ emissions from ships.
Reheat2H2 – Towards clean and stable hydrogen reheat combustion in gas turbines
Reheat2H2 will build a knowledge-based stability model for H₂ reheat flames to enable hydrogen end use for large-scale power generation in pre-combustion CCS and power-to-H₂-to-power schemes.
EM4CO2 – Accelerating CSEM technology for efficient and quantitative CO₂ monitoring
EM4CO2 will develop and apply a cost-efficient CO₂ monitoring concept using time-lapse CSEM, and demonstrate its readiness for the future Norwegian large-scale CO₂ storage project.
The following projects are the result of NCCS collaboration, but are not established or financed by the consortium.
Deployment cases
The deployment cases (DCs) help structure and align NCCS research, and support the Centre in fulfilling its ambition to overcome critical barriers and accelerate CCS deployment.
NCCS DC2025
CCS for Norwegian industry is similar to the Norwegian full-scale project and includes CO2 capture from industry sources and transport with ship to ensure a flexible solution for CO2 storage on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS). One storage site in offshore aquifers is anticipated, with a capacity of 1-1.5 Mt/year in 2025.
NCCS DC2030 - Unfolding CCS in Europe
DC2030 incorporates all European CCS projects implemented, under construction and those planned to be in operation within 2030. It includes industry sources, power generation, natural gas processing and H2 production. A combination of ship and pipeline transport of CO2 to aquifers and depleted gas fields ensures flexibility. Capacity in 2030 is estimated to be 15-20 Mt/year, with the ambition to increase it to more than 40 Mt/ year after 2030.
NCCS DC2050
Storing Europe's CO2 means capturing CO2 from numerous sources in Europe and transporting it via a pipeline network to Norwegian storage sites in the North Sea. Several major storage sites are foreseen, some with an opportunity for EOR, with a storage capacity of ~100 Mt/year by 2050.