Beccs Stockholm
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- Negative emissions: Permanent carbon removal at scale: ~800,000 tonnes of biogenic CO₂ captured and permanently stored per year
- Large-scale BECCS facility: The project transforms an existing sustainable biomass fuelled combined heat and power plant in Stockholm into one of the world’s largest BECCS facilities. Exceptional energy efficiency due to integration with district heating network
- European collaboration and storage: Captured CO₂ will be liquefied and transported for permanent geological storage under the North Sea (in collaboration with the Northern Lights storage infrastructure)
- Climate and economic benefits: Supported by the EU Innovation Fund (€180 m), Swedish state support and voluntary offtake agreements, the project will also contribute to local jobs during construction and operation and help catalyse a market for certified carbon removals
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Beccs Stockholm is being developed by Stockholm Exergi at its Värtan facility, Europe’s largest biomass-based Combined Heat and Power plant.
Beccs Stockholm is a bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) project developed in Stockholm, Sweden, designed to deliver permanent carbon removal while supporting a low-carbon energy system. The project retrofits a BECCS plant to a biomass-fuelled combined heat and power (CHP) plant, capturing CO₂ from biogenic sources and preventing its release to the atmosphere.
The facility is designed to capture 800 000 tonnes of biogenic CO₂ per year. Captured CO₂ will be compressed and liquefied on site and transported by ship to permanent geological storage beneath the North Sea, using established offshore CO₂ transport and storage infrastructure. This enables long-term, secure sequestration in line with European regulatory and monitoring requirements.
BECCS Stockholm is being developed in phases and is supported by EU Innovation Fund financing, national support mechanisms and long-term offtake agreements for verified carbon removals. The Plant will be in commercial operation by January 2029.
The project plays a strategic role in Sweden’s climate policy by enabling negative emissions to complement direct emissions reductions.
By integrating BECCS into an existing energy facility, the project demonstrates how scalable permanent carbon removal solutions can be deployed using proven infrastructure, contributing to EU climate neutrality objectives and the development of a global market for certified carbon removals.
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