Lithuania: The CCS Baltic Consortium has presented plans for a carbon capture and storage (CCS) value chain and a CO₂ transshipment terminal in Klaipėda, as part of efforts to decarbonise industrial sectors such as cement. The consortium includes KN Energies, cement producers Akmenės Cementas and Schwenk Latvija, and shipping companies Mitsui O.S.K. Lines and Larvik Shipping. The CCS Baltic Consortium aims to establish the first CCS value chain in the Baltic region and was launched in 2022. The system will cover CO₂ capture at cement plants, liquefaction, transport and shipment to long-term storage sites under the North Sea.
“This will be the first infrastructure of its kind in the Baltic States, creating conditions for rapid decarbonisation of industry in Lithuania and across the region. It will enhance regional competitiveness by modernising industrial sectors, create new jobs, contribute to Lithuania’s climate neutrality goals, and attract new investments and innovation to the Baltic economies,” says Rūta Tumėnienė, head of new energies at KN Energies.
A key component of the project is the planned CO₂ transshipment terminal in Klaipėda, where KN Energies is undertaking an environmental impact assessment for the construction and operation of the terminal, in order to prepare for the final investment decision. The terminal is scheduled for completion by 2030. The infrastructure will initially serve cement plants in Lithuania and Latvia, with plans to later operate on an open-access basis for other industries.