Editing Brevik CCS (section)

==Reception==
Brevik CCS has been highlighted by industry, government, and parts of the environmental NGO community as a major milestone for decarbonising cement and demonstrating an integrated CCS value chain:
* Heidelberg Materials framed the project as the world’s first industrial-scale CCS facility in the cement industry and a template for other industrial decarbonisation efforts.<ref name="HM_2025_Opening" />
* Norwegian authorities characterised Longship as a flagship climate and industrial initiative supported through substantial public grants for construction and operation.<ref name="Regjeringen_2025_Longship" />
* Norwegian environmental NGO Bellona described the start of full-scale CCS at Brevik as a major climate success and emphasised CCS as necessary for cutting emissions in hard-to-abate sectors.<ref name="Bellona_2025">https://bellona.org/news/ccs-campaign/2025-06-a-major-norwegian-climate-success</ref>

At the same time, commentary on Brevik CCS and Longship has noted ongoing debates and concerns, including the cost of first-of-a-kind deployments, reliance on subsidies, and the importance of pursuing other decarbonisation levers alongside CCS:
* Reuters reported that Longship is heavily subsidised and quoted stakeholders indicating that wider rollout will require stronger commercial drivers and business cases over time.<ref name="Reuters_2025_evoZero" />
* Analysts have discussed CCS as expensive and energy-intensive, and included perspectives warning against “all eggs in the CCS basket” in cement, pointing to complementary measures such as clinker substitution and demand reduction, though without addressing the inherent process emissions of cement production that would still remain.<ref name="Guardian_2024">https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/aug/12/were-still-in-the-1970s-with-cement-norway-plant-to-blaze-carbon-free-concrete-trail </ref>