挪威国有能源巨头 Equinor 和法国天然气输送运营商 GRTgaz 签署了一项项目开发协议 (PDA)，旨在通过计划中的欧洲二氧化碳高速公路管道项目，将捕获的二氧化碳从法国工业排放源输送到挪威海上的永久储存地点。

该项目将包括由 GRTGaz 开发的陆上二氧化碳管道网络，该网络将连接法国敦刻尔克工业区和 Equinor 的欧洲二氧化碳高速公路，这是一条大型二氧化碳管道，还将连接比利时泽布吕赫和挪威海底的一系列储存站。

两家公司将合作开发二氧化碳输送和储存基础设施及相关服务，包括网络规划、技术设计和工业安全、互操作性、监管方面和机构关系。

目前可行性研究正在进行中，预计基础工程研究将于 2024 年底启动，并于 2029 年投入使用。

具体来说，GRTgaz 将在敦刻尔克地区开发一个 30 公里的陆上管道网络，并在敦刻尔克建立一个压缩机站，将二氧化碳 送入连接欧洲二氧化碳高速公路的海上管道。

“对于无法通过清洁能源直接脱碳的行业，碳捕获与储存 (CCS) 是一种可行的解决方案。通过与 GRTgaz 合作建立工业规模的二氧化碳_运输 和储存解决方案，我们可以帮助法国的碳密集型行业继续发展，并在可持续的未来确保就业和价值创造， ” Equinor 低碳解决方案高级副总裁Grete Tveit表示。

“此次合作还增强了欧洲二氧化碳高速公路项目的可行性，_因为 与法国的合作将进一步加强规模经济。”

PDA 下的项目旨在帮助敦刻尔克工业区脱碳，该地区约占法国工业二氧化碳排放量的 20%。

初始阶段的产能为每年 300 万至 550 万吨二氧化碳，并可扩大到容纳法国其他工业集群捕获的二氧化碳。

GRTgaz 首席执行官 Sandrine Meunier 表示：“RTgaz 正在开发专用传输网络，帮助将二氧化碳从法国工业场所（二氧化碳捕获地）运输到法国和欧洲的封存和利用地。事实上，二氧化碳的捕获、封存和利用_将 在国家和欧洲经济脱碳方面发挥重要作用，而基础设施是这一二氧化碳价值链中不可或缺的_要素。  ”

该项目符合法国政府提出的碳捕获、利用和储存（CCUS）战略（法国2030），也符合法国和挪威加强绿色工业转型合作的愿望，符合两国于2024年1月16日签署的战略伙伴关系。

挪威和法国政府于 2022 年签署了意向书（LoI），合作开发和部署碳捕获和储存（CCS）。

Norwegian state-owned energy giant Equinor and French gas transmission operator GRTgaz have signed a project development agreement (PDA) for a transport system for captured CO2 from industrial emitters in France to permanent storage offshore Norway via the planned CO2 Highway Europe pipeline project.

The development will comprise a network of onshore CO2 pipelines to be developed by GRTGaz, which will connect France’s Dunkirk industrial area to Equinor’s CO2 Highway Europe, a large-scale CO2 pipeline also connecting Zeebrugge, Belgium, to a portfolio of storage sites under the seabed off Norway.

The companies will cooperate in the development of their CO2 transmission and storage infrastructures and associated services, including network planning, technical design and industrial safety, interoperability, regulatory aspects and institutional relations.

Feasibility studies are currently underway, with basic engineering studies expected to be launched at the end of 2024 and commissioning in 2029.

Specifically, GRTgaz will develop a 30-kilometer onshore pipeline network in the Dunkirk region and a compressor station in Dunkirk sending the CO2 into the offshore pipeline connecting to the CO2 Highway Europe.

“For industries that cannot decarbonise directly through clean power, Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) offers a viable solution. By building CO₂ transport and storage solutions at an industrial scale together with GRTgaz we can help carbon-intensive industries in France to continue developing and securing jobs and value creation in a sustainable future,” said Grete Tveit, Senior Vice President for Low carbon solutions at Equinor.

“The collaboration also strengthens the viability of the CO₂ Highway Europe project as the French connection will further strengthen economies of scale.”

The project under the PDA aims to help decarbonise the Dunkirk industrial area which accounts for around 20% of France’s industrial CO2 emissions.

The capacity in the initial phase will be 3 to 5.5 million tonnes of CO2 per year, and can be expanded to also accommodate CO2 captured at other industrial clusters in France.

“GRTgaz is developing dedicated transmission networks contributing to transport CO2 from the French industrial sites where it is captured to storage and utilisation sites in France and Europe. Indeed, the capture, storage and utilisation of CO₂ will play a major role in decarbonising the national and European economy, and infrastructure is an essential element in this CO₂ value chain,” said Sandrine Meunier, CEO of GRTgaz.

The project is in line with the proposed French government’s strategy (France 2030) for carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) and with the desire to step up collaboration between France and Norway on green industrial transformation, in accordance with the strategic partnership signed between the two countries on January 16, 2024.

The governments of Norway and France in 2022 signed a letter of intent (LoI) to cooperate on the development and deployment of carbon capture and storage (CCS).