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TotalEnergies: France: Start-up of the "3D" Carbon Capture Pilot in Dunkirk

 

TotalEnergies (Paris:TTE) (LSE:TTE) (NYSE:TTE):

The "3D" industrial pilot to demonstrate an innovative process for capturing
CO(2) from industrial activities is now running at ArcelorMittal’s Dunkirk
site. With support from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and
Innovation program, the project aims to validate replicable technical
solutions for carbon capture. The "3D" project, driven by a consortium
including TotalEnergies, ArcelorMittal, Axens and IFP Energies Nouvelles
(IFPEN), is a major step towards decarbonizing industries that are highly
emissive of CO(2), such as steelmaking.

Final stage before full-scale deployment

The challenge for carbon capture researchers is making the processes more
competitive and less energy intensive. This industrial pilot should allow the
performance of the DMX(TM )carbon capture process developed in IFPEN’s labs
over the last ten years to be verified.

The project was launched in May 2019, and the building of the demonstrator
began in 2020 under Axens’ supervision. Last December, the pilot’s main
modules, including a 22 meter tower, were delivered and assembled at
ArcelorMittal’s site in Dunkirk. The phases of building the pilot and
connecting it to the plant have now been completed, and the unit is ready for
start-up.

This demonstration, which is scheduled to last for 12 to 18 months, is the
final stage before the technology’s full-scale deployment.

Demonstrating performance on smokestack emissions

The carbon capture facility will process steelmaking gases: it will
demonstrate the effectiveness of the carbon capture process by separating the
CO(2) from other gases. During the demonstration stage, it will capture 0.5
tons of CO(2) an hour, i.e. more than 4,000 tons a year.

"This carbon capture pilot is a big step towards decarbonizing the industry:
it is being tested in steelmaking, but can also be applied to refining
processes, contributing to TotalEnergies’ net zero ambition for 2050,
together with society. We need to capture and store residual emissions:
that’s why our R&D teams are working alongside our partners to develop
expertise throughout the CO(2 )capture, storage and use process. So we are
using existing technologies at our Zeeland refinery in the Netherlands, we are
using pilots to validate the performance of technologies that are already
advanced, as is the case here in Dunkirk, and we are looking further ahead, in
our research centers, to those that will deliver tomorrow’s
breakthroughs,” said Marie-Noëlle Semeria, Chief Technology Officer at
TotalEnergies.

Twelve partners committed to the energy transition

The project is a vital driver for reaching the targets of the Paris Agreement
on Climate Change. It includes twelve partners from research and industry in
six European countries: ArcelorMittal, IFPEN, Axens, TotalEnergies and its
affiliate GreenFlex, ETH, DTU, AirProducts, John Cockerill, Gassco, Brevik
Engineering and Seqens. The project also has two sponsors: Suez and Lhoist.

Key figures :


 * Project launch: May 2019

 * Duration: 48 months

 * Estimated eligible costs: €19.2m

 * EU funding: €14.7m

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About TotalEnergies and CCUS (Carbon Capture Utilisation Storage)

In line with its climate ambition to get to net zero by 2050, TotalEnergies’
priority focus is to first avoid and then reduce its own emissions to a
minimum. CCS technologies complement this approach by capturing and storing
the company’s residual emissions and those of its customers. For this
reason, TotalEnergies is fully engaged in developing the CCUS value chain with
10% of its annual global R&D budget devoted to this field. TotalEnergies
ambition is to store at least 5 million tons of CO2 per year by 2030, notably
thanks to industrial CCS projects such as Northern Lights in Norway

About TotalEnergies Research and Innovation

TotalEnergies deploys its Research and Innovation in the fields of solar and
wind energy, storage solutions and hybrid energy systems, distributed energy
networks, biofuels, biogas, hydrogen, low-carbon products for alternative
mobility, and carbon capture, storage and utilization technologies.
TotalEnergies Research and Innovation’s 4,300 employees based in 18 research
centers around the world work hand in hand with researchers, students and
entrepreneurs who are committed to supporting the energy transition.

About TotalEnergies

TotalEnergies is a global multi-energy company that produces and markets
energies: oil and biofuels, natural gas and green gases, renewables and
electricity. Our 105,000 employees are committed to energy that is ever more
affordable, cleaner, more reliable and accessible to as many people as
possible. Active in more than 130 countries, TotalEnergies puts sustainable
development in all its dimensions at the heart of its projects and operations
to contribute to the well-being of people.

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