CLIMIT-Demo

CLIMIT-Demo

Funds carbon capture and storage demonstrations from feasibility to pilot development.

CLIMIT-Demo is the demonstration-focused funding arm of the CLIMIT programme, jointly operated since 2005 by Gassnova (the Norwegian state company for carbon capture and storage) and the Research Council of Norway. Gassnova administers the Demo stream with an annual budget of approximately NOK 80 million. The programme funds CCS-related demonstration work across the full value chain: CO2 capture from industrial and energy sources, compression, transport and geological storage, hydrogen production with integrated CO2 capture, monitoring and safety, and direct air capture. All funded projects must treat long-term geological carbon storage as a viable climate-solution component — pure capture-only projects without a storage pathway are outside scope.

Three project types are eligible: feasibility studies, demonstration projects (prototyping and piloting at larger scales), and development projects (planned research aimed at significant product or process improvement). Applications are accepted on a rolling basis with no fixed submission deadlines; decisions typically follow within approximately two months of formal receipt. Final award authority rests with the Gassnova Board of Directors, with smaller grants delegated to the CEO and the CLIMIT Secretariat Head. Recent awards illustrate the range: NOK 7.5 million to MACH-2, NOK 11.9 million to IntoCloud (of a NOK 29.8 million total project), NOK 12 million to Disruptive CO2 Capture (50% of project cost), and NOK 28.2 million to Olga REACH (35.5% of project cost). Co-funding from Gassnova typically covers 35–50% of total project cost, with applicants providing the balance.

Eligible applicants include companies, research institutions, universities, and university colleges; no explicit restriction to Norwegian entities appears in the programme rules, though Norwegian-led consortia are the norm. The programme's contact for pre-submission enquiries is Kristian Stangvik (ks@gassnova.no), and direct liaison before submitting is standard practice. Applicants should request the current application template and scoring guidance from the CLIMIT Secretariat before preparing a full proposal.