Carbon Capture at Sea: Jülich Research Supports Greener Shipping

At the end of the EU-funded EverLoNG project, an interview with the project leads has been published in Open Access Government magazine.

Dr Petra Zapp from Forschungszentrum Jülich contributed as a co-author and, in the interview, focuses in particular on the environmental assessment of system integration of CO₂ capture onboard LNG-fuelled vessels.

Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) provides a comprehensive framework for evaluating the environmental impacts of onboard CO₂ capture (OCC) and shows that OCC enables significant CO₂ savings during ship operation (up to 82%). However, when considering the entire process chain, including fuel supply up to geological storage of CO₂ and other greenhouse gases such as methane, the net effect decreases to 42%. This shows that OCC can already contribute to emission reductions today.

The article summarises key findings from over three years of research, offering a practical perspective on the potential and challenges of this innovative bridging technology for the decarbonisation of shipping.

🔗 Read the article: Open Access Government – The EVERLONG Project