Bavaria's industry wants to build CO2 network quickly

05.10.2023
Source: Energy & Management Powernews

To become climate neutral by 2040, Bavaria must also build a CO2 transport network in a timely manner. This shows a study by the Association of Bavarian Business (vbw).

In an industrial state like Bavaria, as it says in a VBW release, unavoidable CO2 emissions remain even with successful transformation, for example in the cement and lime industries. Only with applications for the capture, use and storage of CO2 can climate neutrality be achieved here. For this, a CO2 transport infrastructure is needed quickly.

"The planning within the framework of a Bavarian carbon management strategy must now be taken up at full speed. Our study shows what the Bavarian CO2 core network should look like, which must be connected to a Germany-wide transport network by 2040," explains VBW CEO Bertram Brossardt.

According to the study, "Analysis of CO2 Infrastructure Requirements in Bavaria," unavoidable CO2 emissions amounting to around 10 million tons per year remain in the Free State. Two scenarios explain how an infrastructure for the storage of carbon dioxide and its further use can be designed in terms of recycling. "In each scenario, we need our own Bavarian CO2 storage facilities and export to storage facilities outside Bavaria. Since we are assuming a lead time of at least seven years, the planning phase must basically begin immediately so that CO2 storage on the necessary scale is possible by 2030," Brossardt said.

He also called for the Carbon Dioxide Storage Act to be urgently revised so that a sustainable approach to CO2 emissions can be tackled in Bavaria and at the federal level. The study calculates that investments of at least 1 billion euros are needed for the construction of Bavaria's CO2 infrastructure.

As became known in June, the long-distance gas network operator Bayernets is already considering the construction of a CO2 pipeline. With in the boat is the cement manufacturer Rohrdorfer with a large work in the upper Bavarian rose home. The aim is to examine whether the CO2 generated in production there can be made available to potential users in the Bavarian chemical triangle via a pipeline. Under discussion is the Burghausen site, 80 kilometers away.

The study "CO2 infrastructure in Bavaria" prepared by the Research Association for Energy Economics is available for free download on the VBW online site.

Author: Günter Drewnitzky