Aker Kvaerner has awarded DNV a contract to qualify the carbon capture technology which will be used in the Just CatchTM Bio Demo plant.

The company intends to build a CO2 capture demonstration plant in Norway linked to a gas-fired power plant. It will be based on Aker Kvaerner's Just CatchTM technology, which is being developed together with twelve industrial partners in addition to Gassnova, a subsidiary of the Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy.

The demonstration plant will be developed in two phases. Firstly, the Just CatchTM plant will be run using exhaust from the gas-fired power plant. Secondly, a bio plant providing steam will be fully integrated with the demo plant. The technology will therefore be designed to clean flue gas from natural gas fired and bio power plants, in addition to flue gases with CO2 concentrations similar to those from coal-fired plants.

"By following the principles laid down in DNV's recognised technology qualification process, we are identifying and monitoring all risk elements in a systematic manner. We believe that the qualification will build confidence in our technology," says Oscar Fr. Graff, Vice President of Gas Technology and Onshore Solutions in Aker Kvaerner.

Date: 2008-02-11