Project: Accelerating Low carboN Industrial Growth trough CCUS: ALIGN-CCUS
The mission of ALIGN is to overcome hurdles for initial projects and to prepare for large scale, cost effective, implementation of CCUS. The proposal is structured to meet the immediate R&D needs of industry, combined with foresight to overcome challenges linked to the wider commercialization of the technology through capture at integrated industrial and power clusters. The ALIGN consortium offers pilot plants and other state of the art test facilities such as the Technology Centre Mongstad (TCM), RWE (Niederaussem, DE), UNIPER (Wilhelmshaven, DE), Tiller pilot rig (NOR) and the CO2 Corrosion Test Facility at IFE to test key components of the process with underpinning modelling and analysis. In addition to testing at existing pilot plants, a pilot installation for the conversion of CO2 to transport fuels (DME/Methanol) will be installed and tested. Communicating the technical and economic feasibility, including evidence based environmental impact assessment to decision-makers and to the wider society, is crucial for the acceptance of CCUS, and an important element of ALIGN.
| Acronym | ALIGN (Reference Number: 271501) |
| Duration | 01/09/2017 - 31/08/2020 |
| Project Topic | The mission of ALIGN is to overcome hurdles for initial projects and to prepare for large scale, cost effective, implementation of CCUS. The proposal is structured to meet the immediate R&D needs of industry, combined with foresight to overcome challenges linked to the wider commercialization of the technology through capture at integrated industrial and power clusters. The ALIGN consortium offers pilot plants and other state of the art test facilities such as the Technology Centre Mongstad (TCM), RWE (Niederaussem, DE), UNIPER (Wilhelmshaven, DE), Tiller pilot rig (NOR) and the CO2 Corrosion Test Facility at IFE to test key components of the process with underpinning modelling and analysis. In addition to testing at existing pilot plants, a pilot installation for the conversion of CO2 to transport fuels (DME/Methanol) will be installed and tested. Communicating the technical and economic feasibility, including evidence based environmental impact assessment to decision-makers and to the wider society, is crucial for the acceptance of CCUS, and an important element of ALIGN. |
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Project Results (after finalisation) |
Costeffective implemetation of CCUS |
| Website | visit project website |
| Network | ACT |
| Call | ACT Joint Call |
Project partner
| Number | Name | Role | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TNO | Coordinator | Netherlands |
| 2 | ECN | Partner | Netherlands |
| 3 | Leiden University | Partner | Netherlands |
| 4 | Rijksuniv. Groningen | Partner | Netherlands |
| 5 | Maasvlakte CCS Project | Partner | Netherlands |
| 6 | TAQA | Partner | Netherlands |
| 7 | MHPSE | Partner | Germany |
| 8 | RWE | Partner | Germany |
| 9 | FZ Juelich | Partner | Germany |
| 10 | RWTH | Partner | Germany |
| 11 | Uniper | Partner | Germany |
| 12 | Asahi Kasei Europe | Partner | Germany |
| 13 | FEV | Partner | Germany |
| 14 | SINTEF Materials and Chemistry | Partner | Norway |
| 15 | SINTEF Petroleum Research | Partner | Norway |
| 16 | TCM | Partner | Norway |
| 17 | NTNU | Partner | Norway |
| 18 | Tel-Tek | Partner | Norway |
| 19 | IFE | Partner | Norway |
| 20 | Bellona | Partner | Norway |
| 21 | Norcem | Partner | Norway |
| 22 | Yara | Partner | Norway |
| 23 | NUSPA | Partner | Romania |
| 24 | GeoEcoMar | Partner | Romania |
| 25 | CO2 Club Association | Partner | Romania |
| 26 | PicOil | Partner | Romania |
| 27 | BGS | Partner | United Kingdom |
| 28 | University of Sheffield | Partner | United Kingdom |
| 29 | University of Edinburgh | Partner | United Kingdom |
| 30 | Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh | Partner | United Kingdom |
| 31 | Imperial College London | Partner | United Kingdom |
| 32 | Summtit Power | Partner | United Kingdom |
| 33 | Tees Valley CA | Partner | United Kingdom |
| 34 | Scottish Enterprise | Partner | United Kingdom |