Ministry for Economic Affairs, Labor and Energy of the State of Brandenburg
2025
Becker Büttner Held
Cement, lime, waste incineration: Brandenburg wants to remain attractive as a business location. However, its industries still emit too much CO2. How can the state deal with the unavoidable and difficult-to-avoid emissions and still remain fit for the future?
On behalf of the Brandenburg Ministry of Economic Affairs, we have examined the role that carbon capture and usage/storage (CCU/S) can play on the road to greenhouse gas neutrality in the industrial sector and in thermal waste treatment plants on the basis of two scenarios.
Our data and recommendations enable the state government to decide whether and where it wants to use CO2 technologies and how extensive the CO2 infrastructure needs to be.
In addition to the decarbonisation options electrification, efficiency, green hydrogen or alternative production processes CO2 capture and storage can play an important role in achieving climate targets in Brandenburg.
This is shown by our scenarios:
Our study has led to the following recommendations for action:
Prognos took on the project management and content-related work on all technical topics. To do this, we carried out analyses, model calculations and interviews with the most important industrial companies in Brandenburg (e. g. PCK, CEMEX, Arcelor Mittal, EEW).
The project team not only determined the quantities of CO2 to be captured and transported, but also identified potential locations for CO2 sources. Their distribution across Brandenburg influences the cost structure and feasibility of a CO2 infrastructure that encompasses capture, transport, utilisation and storage. We examined possible pipeline systems and their routes and compared them with current plans for a national CO2 network.
The Study (PDF)
More information on the MWAEK website
For general questions, please contact the MWAEK: poststelle@mwaek.brandenburg.de
For questions regarding methodology, please contact us at: presse@prognos.com
Project team: Moritz Bornemann, Jens Hobohm, Saskia Lengning, Sebastian Lübbers, Dr Fabian Muralter
Last update: 11.06.2025
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