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Mission – Vision – Roadmap

The European Green Deal requires drastic changes in response to the ambitious goals of the Paris Climate Agreement. North-CCU-Hub accepts the technical, financial and organizational challenges to come to feasible business cases for large scale investment projects. By doing so, an attractive climate for implementations and investments is created for Flanders, Belgium and Europe. The realization of a circular economy is contributing simultaneously to local sustainability, employment and quality of life. On these aspects, a study was performed in 2019, which can be downloaded below.

In relative short term, innovative technology at high TRL (technology readiness level) will be applied on an industrial scale. A first large scale demonstration facility “first of its size”, North-C-Methanol, will in a smart way make the combination of renewable energy, green hydrogen and CO₂ as feedstock for the production of green methanol. Simultaneously, in the mid-long term, the feasibility of innovation trajectories at a lower TRL will be investigated. Partners bring together knowledge and economy and look from different angles to other innovative value chains with high-value end-products.

Our timeline and roadmap is depicted in the illustration below. We started with a preliminary study on the CCU potential in the region in 2018, which can be consulted below. We are currently preparing the North-C-Methanol project and negotiating a Joint Development agreement with the North-C-Methanol partners. A further upscaling, diversification and innovation trajectory up to 2040 is lying ahead of us.

Partnership

Public and industrial partners in the area of North Sea Port are going to collaborate intensively to make significant progress in the transitions towards sustainability. North-CCU-Hub will close loops through industrial symbiosis and create new value chains with CO₂ as a feedstock. It brings together expertise of innovation driven industry of world-level with knowledge institutes and spearhead clusters, supported by public partners. The hub strives to become the worldwide reference for capture and reuse of CO₂ by cross-border collaboration.

We make a distinction between ‘Partners‘ and ‘Supporters‘. Partners are organisations or companies active in the governance of North-CCU-Hub or parties that are taking an active role in North-CCU-Hub projects. Supporters are organisations or companies who have shown a clear interest in the organisation and in involvement in future projects.

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