Idesa from Daniel Alonso Groupwon the contract to manufacture nine more tanks at Avilés, most notably for the storage of CO2 for the Northern Lights project, developed for the storage of carbon dioxide captured during industrial production in Europe. This contract corresponds to an expansion of the plan put in place by the Norwegian Government with a consortium of energy companies Equinor, Shell and Total, where Idesa has already produced the first 12 tanks. new like these colossi will be exported from the Port of Avilés (Asturias).
The Longship megaproject involves capturing the CO2 emitted by industrial plants and transporting it by ship in liquid form to a facility on Norway’s west coast, where there are intermediate storage tanks for later injecting into a saline aquifer in the North Sea. about 100 kilometers from the coast and at a depth of about 3,000 meters. There it will be stored indefinitely and without environmental impact.
Construction of the Northern Lights CO2 storage facility is almost complete and 12 storage tanks manufactured by Idesa have already been installed. As Víctor Martínez, Idesa’s head of operations and R&D explained in a speech yesterday at Courses, these giant statues 6.1 meters in diameter, 33 in length and 248 tons in weight meant that the firm from Aviles overcame many challenges. Granda on the day dedicated to the Daniel Alonso Group. “Steel selection has been added to the size and mass production of equipment, as it requires labor, space, and coordination in the supply chain, because tanks 50 degrees below zeroand they also have to have a special resource such as paint, metal plating, platforms and ladders, and a certain cryogenic insulation that these vertical tanks require,” explained Víctor Martínez.
They want the same attention for carbon dioxide as for green hydrogen.
The lack of legislation and a public-private strategy creates uncertainty and slows investment, according to scientists. Without the capture, storage, and use of carbon dioxide (CO2), there can be no decarbonization because industrial processes important to humanity, such as the cement and steel industries, emit carbon in their own production processes. But while other energy vectors such as green hydrogen get the full attention of the Public Administration, the same is not true for carbon dioxide. The absence of a public-private strategy and the development of appropriate legislation creates uncertainty and this slows business investment in advanced research processes, but without Government support.
These are the main results of the conference titled “CO2 capture and storage: a complementary path to decarbonisation”, organized and sponsored by the Daniel Alonso Group at Granda Courses. Asturias recognizes the importance of CO2 capture, storage and subsequent use due to the importance of the steel and cement industries in its economy. However, it would be at least interesting to set up an industrial cluster for the central government to bet on this road as well as green hydrogen.
Paula Fernandez-CanteliA scientist from the Geological Mining Institute of Spain (IGME) defended this position with a 2024 perspective, in which, as with hydrogen, storage targets are set in Europe, which will be accompanied by European funds. «The Basque-Cantabrian basin has the largest storage capacity in Spain. A common solution should be sought for the sector,” he said.
Covadonga PevidaA scientist from the Carbon Science and Technology Institute of the Supreme Council for Scientific Research (INCAR-CSIC), he explained how advanced research is to produce bioenergy and advocated supporting forest biomass from clearing mountains. “It can offer tremendous versatility to the industry in the region, but the final application remains to be seen and we have a challenge there,” he said.
Susana Garcia, Professor of Chemical Engineering and researcher at Heriot-Watt University (Edinburgh) cited the example of the UK Government setting itself the goal of pioneering industrial decarbonisation. “Investment in recent years has reached billions of pounds and is willing to benefit from the capture, transport and storage of CO2. For this, he listens to industry clusters on a sectoral basis, negotiates with them and enables the industry to invest in many research and innovation projects.”
Beatriz Gonzalez FernandezIn charge of environment and water at ArcelorMittal’s Decarbonization and Sustainability (R&D) Department in Spain, Dr.
Pedro Mora PerisOficemen, technical director of the Cement Manufacturers’ Association in Spain and president of the Spanish CO2 Technology Platform, were most critical. The Ministry of Industry gives all its support, but we are in conflict with the Ministry of Transition.” It should be understood that green hydrogen “is the beautiful child of the crown and does not attack or limit the capacities of CO2 capture and storage, but rather is complementary to a true decarbonization of the industry,” he summarized.