Norway's Aker Carbon Capture has joined forces with Carbfix and Elkem Iceland in
the groundbreaking work of reducing CO2 emissions of Elkem Iceland's
ferrosilicon plant through carbon capture and mineral storage in basalt
structures.
The three companies have signed a Memorandum of Understanding that builds on a
Letter of Intent between Elkem Iceland and Carbfix from earlier this year.
"We are excited to further strengthening our partnership with Aker Carbon
Capture by introducing their CO2 capture technology into the scope of the
planned CO2 mineral storage at Elkem's ferrosilicon plant in Iceland," says
Edda Sif Pind Aradóttir, Carbfix's CEO. The two Nordic industry front-runners
signed a Memorandum of Understanding in July establishing a partnership to
offers industrial emitters complete and permanent CO2 capture and mineral
transformation - or full value chain CCS.
Nordic collaboration across borders
Aker Carbon Capture is an industry leader in carbon capture and has delivered a
separate feasibility study for the establishment of carbon capture at Elkem's
Norwegian smelters to support the company's long-term goal of achieving carbon
-neutral metal production. In 2020, Elkem was rated "Gold" on sustainability by
EcoVadis and "A" on climate by CDP.
"By applying Aker Carbon Capture's HSE-friendly solutions with Carbfix' proven
solution for CO2 storage, companies like Elkem can reduce CO2 emissions in a
cost-effective manner," said Valborg Lundegaard, CEO of Aker Carbon Capture.
"Elkem is among the global leaders in the environmentally responsible
manufacture of advanced materials. For us, it is important to continuously
investigate all opportunities for further reducing our emissions. We look
forward to evaluating the feasibility of CCS in Norway and in Iceland," says
Trond Sæterstad, climate director in Elkem.
The core product at Elkem Iceland is ferrosilicon, which is one of the
elementary raw materials for the steel industry. FeSi is either used for
refining of steel or as an ingredient to reach predetermined qualities. Today
Elkem Iceland is the second largest ferrosilicon plant in the world, with an
annual capacity of 120.000 tonnes.
ENDS
Media contact:
Ivar Simensen, mob: +47 464 02 317 (http://tel:+47 464 02 317), email:
ivar.simensen@akerhorizons.com
Investor contact:
Christian Yggeseth, mob: +47 915 10 000 (http://tel:+47 915 10 000), email:
christian.yggeseth@akerhorizons.com
Aker Carbon Capture is a pure-play carbon capture company with solutions,
services and technologies serving a range of industries with carbon emissions,
including the cement, bio and waste-to-energy, gas-to-power and blue hydrogen
segments. Aker Carbon Capture's proprietary, carbon-capture technology offers a
unique, environmentally friendly solution for removing CO\2\ emissions.
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to Section 5-12 the Norwegian Securities Trading Act.
This stock exchange announcement was published by Katja Aanestad, Marketing
Communications, Aker Carbon Capture on July 9, 2021 at CEST 13:00.