Kåre Bjarte Bjelland
Director of public affairs, Eramet Mn Alloys
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Eramet Norway AS
Kåre Bjarte Bjelland is Director of Public Affairs at Eramet. With over three decades of experience in the metals and energy industries, he has held a broad range of leadership roles across finance, HR, operations, strategy, and communications.
He began his career at Equinor, followed by key positions at Elkem, and has held multiple executive roles at Eramet. His background spans both operational and strategic leadership at plant and corporate level.
During the last years, Bjelland has been directly involved in developing Eramet’s decarbonization roadmap, where several major projects have already been implemented.
Bjelland also chairs the Climate and Energy Policy Committee (NIKE) in Norsk Industri, where he contributes actively to shaping industrial climate and energy policy in Norway.
He began his career at Equinor, followed by key positions at Elkem, and has held multiple executive roles at Eramet. His background spans both operational and strategic leadership at plant and corporate level.
During the last years, Bjelland has been directly involved in developing Eramet’s decarbonization roadmap, where several major projects have already been implemented.
Bjelland also chairs the Climate and Energy Policy Committee (NIKE) in Norsk Industri, where he contributes actively to shaping industrial climate and energy policy in Norway.
Sessions with this speaker:
The First Mile CCS Logistics Solution for Small and Mid-size Emitters
CCS logistics is one of the challenges that need to be solved. The energy transformation requires effective and all-encompassing solutions to capture and transport CO₂. Captured CO₂ may either be utilized in industrial processes or stored permanently. Norway is hosting the first large-scale CCS value chain project through Northern Lights. This is, however, not set up to capture the coming and required flow of CO₂ from small- and medium-volume emitters.
The first mile – i.e., handling of CO₂ from emitter to storage – requires flexible and scalable solutions. ACUS has been working together with partners UMOE Composite and ASCO over the past few years, focusing on these challenges.
Link for registration: https://ons.my.site.com/event/?vCampaignID=701Pa00000dbJYJIA2
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Workshop Program Outline:
09.00: ACUS – Who Are We?
ACUS was engaged in the Danish first CO₂ onshore storage application round (2023–24), on behalf of a major European emitter. In addition to delivering a comprehensive logistics and CO₂ storage study, we conduct various advisory services. Since 2020, ACUS has established close cooperation with European partners — both emitters and logistics providers. The CO₂ management concept in the ‘Danish case’ was based on multimodal logistics solutions and de-risking of underground storages.
ACUS has strong multidisciplinary competence within geoscience and reservoirs, drilling and wells, supply chain management, project management, and logistics.
09.30: Current CCS Storage Offers Offshore Norway, On- and Offshore Denmark
• Norwegian offshore CO₂ storage concept
• The Danish CCS approach
10.00: The First Mile CCS Logistics Solutions by ACUS – UMOE Composite – ASCO Logistics
Potential – Capacity and Flexibility:
For whom can this be the first solution for the first mile? Small- and mid-size emitters?
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10.30: Break
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10.45: Norwegian Examples Defining the Needs of Small- to Medium-Size Emitters and for Multimodal Logistics Solutions
Case presentations
11.00: Eramet
Currently installing carbon capture at their Sauda melting plant, however without any supply chain to take the CO₂ for storage or alternative use.
11.15: Møkster Shipping
Planning to install a CO₂ capture system on one of their platform supply vessels. Their main challenge is that there is no supply chain to handle the CO₂ once it is placed on the quayside in a transport tank.
11.30: Lyse Biogas
Planning to establish several biogas plants. For the time being, they may emit the CO₂ they sequester from raw methane, since biogas is classified as climate neutral. There could be a market, e.g., greenhouses that currently truck in CO₂ over long distances.
11.45: A Possible Regional Solution – CCS Rogaland
The CCS Rogaland concept: Can cooperation among multiple partners located in Rogaland offer a possible solution for CCS logistics to a collection point, and — in the longer term — access to storage for small- to medium-volume emitters?
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12.15 – 12.45: Dialogue and Light Lunch
CCS logistics is one of the challenges that need to be solved. The energy transformation requires effective and all-encompassing solutions to capture and transport CO₂. Captured CO₂ may either be utilized in industrial processes or stored permanently. Norway is hosting the first large-scale CCS value chain project through Northern Lights. This is, however, not set up to capture the coming and required flow of CO₂ from small- and medium-volume emitters.
The first mile – i.e., handling of CO₂ from emitter to storage – requires flexible and scalable solutions. ACUS has been working together with partners UMOE Composite and ASCO over the past few years, focusing on these challenges.
Link for registration: https://ons.my.site.com/event/?vCampaignID=701Pa00000dbJYJIA2
_______________________________________
Workshop Program Outline:
09.00: ACUS – Who Are We?
ACUS was engaged in the Danish first CO₂ onshore storage application round (2023–24), on behalf of a major European emitter. In addition to delivering a comprehensive logistics and CO₂ storage study, we conduct various advisory services. Since 2020, ACUS has established close cooperation with European partners — both emitters and logistics providers. The CO₂ management concept in the ‘Danish case’ was based on multimodal logistics solutions and de-risking of underground storages.
ACUS has strong multidisciplinary competence within geoscience and reservoirs, drilling and wells, supply chain management, project management, and logistics.
09.30: Current CCS Storage Offers Offshore Norway, On- and Offshore Denmark
• Norwegian offshore CO₂ storage concept
• The Danish CCS approach
10.00: The First Mile CCS Logistics Solutions by ACUS – UMOE Composite – ASCO Logistics
Potential – Capacity and Flexibility:
For whom can this be the first solution for the first mile? Small- and mid-size emitters?
________________________________________
10.30: Break
________________________________________
10.45: Norwegian Examples Defining the Needs of Small- to Medium-Size Emitters and for Multimodal Logistics Solutions
Case presentations
11.00: Eramet
Currently installing carbon capture at their Sauda melting plant, however without any supply chain to take the CO₂ for storage or alternative use.
11.15: Møkster Shipping
Planning to install a CO₂ capture system on one of their platform supply vessels. Their main challenge is that there is no supply chain to handle the CO₂ once it is placed on the quayside in a transport tank.
11.30: Lyse Biogas
Planning to establish several biogas plants. For the time being, they may emit the CO₂ they sequester from raw methane, since biogas is classified as climate neutral. There could be a market, e.g., greenhouses that currently truck in CO₂ over long distances.
11.45: A Possible Regional Solution – CCS Rogaland
The CCS Rogaland concept: Can cooperation among multiple partners located in Rogaland offer a possible solution for CCS logistics to a collection point, and — in the longer term — access to storage for small- to medium-volume emitters?
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12.15 – 12.45: Dialogue and Light Lunch
In this closing panel, industry leaders and researchers will come together to debate the future of CCS and CCUS.
The panel will address urgent questions: What is at stake if we delay action? What is needed to make CCUS a cornerstone of global climate strategy?
Panellists will share their visions for the road ahead, leaving the audience with clear takeaways on how to drive momentum and make CCUS a reality.
The panel will address urgent questions: What is at stake if we delay action? What is needed to make CCUS a cornerstone of global climate strategy?
Panellists will share their visions for the road ahead, leaving the audience with clear takeaways on how to drive momentum and make CCUS a reality.