Event

The potential of carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) in Luxembourg

  • Location

    Maison des Arts et des Étudiants

    Av. de la Fonte

    4364, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg

  • Type(s)
    Conferences, In-person event

Carbon management involves reducing emissions and using a set of nature- or technology-based solutions to capture, store, transport and use atmospheric CO2 emissions from human activities. The European Union is committed to achieving climate neutrality by 2050 and is striving to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 90% by 2040.

At the initiative of the Ministry of the Environment, Climate and Biodiversity, the Ministry of the Economy, and the University of Luxembourg, and with the support of Luxinnovation, a conference on the state of the art of carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) in Luxembourg will take place on 5 February, from 9.00 to 17.00, in Luxembourg-Belval.

The objectives of this conference are:

  1. to provide an overview of the status of CCUS at an international, European and national level, highlighting the opportunities and constraints of natural and technology-based solutions;
  2. to promote networking in the Luxembourg RDI ecosystem in the area of CCUS.

Are you an industrial, economic, or financial player? Are you a representative of academia or the public sector? Are you interested in the topic of carbon management? Save the date of 5 Feb 2025 on your calendar!

Event programme

  • 8.00-9.00 – Welcome

    Registration and welcome coffee

  • 9.00 – Opening remarks

    Philippe Delfosse (Welcome at Uni.lu on behalf of the Rector Jens Kreisel)

    TBC (Welcome)

    Minister Serge Wilmes (Setting the scene)

  • 9.15 – Global overview

    Oliver Geden (German Institute for International and Security Affairs)

  • 9.45 – EU state of play

    Christian Holzleitner (EU Commission – DG CLIMA)

  • 10.05 – CO2 transport infrastructure development

    Nadège Lacroix (Fluxys)

  • 10.25 – Coffe break and networking

  • 11.00 – Luxembourg national context (1)

    Land use, land use change, and forestry (LULUCF)

    • State of play: LULUCF carbon uptake potential and Carbon Removal Certification Framework (CRCF) (Mirko Gregor, MECB)
    • New National Forest Inventory (TBC – Martine Neuberg / Georges Kugener, ANF)
    • Agriculture: inventory, NECP measures (Sebastian Hans, MAAV)
    • Wetlands (Richard Keim, LIST)

  • 11.40 – Case study: Nature-based solutions

    • Philippe Delfosse, University of Luxembourg
    • Ralf Köhler, Luxinnovation GIE – Luxembourg Wood Cluster
    • Serge Niederkorn, CarbonCaaS (TBC)

  • 12.10 – Walking lunch and coffee

  • 13.30 – Luxembourg national context (2)

    Industry

    • Broad overview, GHG inventory and CCUS in context (Claudia Hitaj, MECB)
    • Potential for CO2 utilisation, storage, and transport (Duan Hua, LIST)

  • 14.00 – Case study: Cement

    • Numa Joy Bertola, University of Luxembourg
    • Fredericq Peigneux, Heidelberg Materials Benelux
    • Parikshit Shastri, Dyckerhoff Buzzi
    • Isabelle Sgro Rojas, Energetics

  • 14.40 – Coffee break

  • 15.15 – Carbon finance and markets

    • Carbon credit markets (voluntary, Article 6.4) and accreditation schemes (Nathalie Roth, 4Climate)
    • Carbon markets in Luxembourg (Laetitia Hamon, LuxSE)
    • Low-carbon labels (forestry, agriculture, industry) (Valtteri Valpas, Innpact)

  • 16.00 – Round table

    • Moderator: Andrew Ferrone
    • Participants: Oliver Geden, Christian Holzleitner, Nadège Lacroix, Philippe Delfosse, Gaston Trauffler, TBC – Laetitia Hamon, Laurence Tock

  • 16.45 – Closing remarks

    Pit Losch (Ministry of the Economy)

  • 17.00-18.00 – Networking cocktail

Save the date

Mark this date in your calendar and join us for a day full of exchanges and discoveries!

Photo credit: Freepik

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