📋 Tender Overview
On July 4, 2025, the Council of Government approved the Luxembourg framework of action for the deployment of capturing, use and storage of carbon dioxide (CCUS) and elimination of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere (CDR). This framework was developed on the initiative of the Minister of the Environment, Climate and Biodiversity, Serge Wilmes, and the Minister of the Economy, SMEs, Energy and Tourism, Lex Delles, in consultation with the various ministries concerned and the actors interested. To reach climate neutrality by 2050, all decarbonization levers must be activated in the various sectors, while considering the associated industrial and economic opportunities. In addition to the mitigation measures, which remain priority, according to the principle of the primacy of energy efficiency (energy efficiency, direct renewable electrification, renewable hydrogen), CO2 absorption measures are, according to the conclusions of the group of intergovernmental experts on the evolution of the climate (IPCC), essential to counterbalance the residual greenhouse gas emissions and reach, zero net emission. The role of CCUS and CDR technologies Capturing, use and storage technologies of carbon dioxide (CCUS) constitute a lever for the decarbonation of manufacturing industries difficult to decarbon, when direct electrification or the use of hydrogen is technically or economically unimportant. Cross -border storage will be privileged, when possible. The elimination technologies of atmosphere carbon dioxide (CDR), including nature -based solutions, will be essential to compensate for residual emissions and reaching carbon neutrality, or even negative net emissions. An approach resulting from the coalition agreement 2023 - 2028 These works are part of the commitment made by the government in the coalition agreement 2023-2028, as well as the update of the National Plan in terms of energy and climate (PNOC) aimed at assessing the potential of CCUS technologies and establishing a framework to support their deployment in specific conditions and for specific sectors. A set of seven key strategic measures has been identified to ultimately allow a progressive and sensitive job of these technologies. An inter -ministerial steering committee is constituted and will meet in principle quarterly to ensure continuous implementation. In addition, to effectively bring and coordinate all stakeholders, both public and private, a national platform - the CCUS and CDR - will be launched by the end of the year. The implementation of a first action framework serves as a basis for assessing the potential of carbon dioxide absorption technologies in the Luxembourg context, estimating the needs to use these absorption technologies and collect the information necessary for decision -making and the planning of the following steps. The framework makes it possible to initiate a constructive dialogue with key regional and international partners. underlined the Minister of the Environment, Climate and Biodiversity, Serge Wilmes. It is important to start studying now to develop an ecosystem promoting the emergence of CCUS & CDR technologies. This framework of action will not only decarbonize certain sectors, but also to support local innovation, technological rise, the conservation of strategic industrial activities for the resilience of the Luxembourg economy, the diversification of economic activities (CO2 absorption technologies, digitalization, CO2 logistics, etc.), and the financial center in terms of sustainable finance. By drawing inspiration from regional cooperation in the field of energy at the Benelux level, but also with the countries of the North Sea, we work that the potential for cross -border cooperation in this matter is mobilized, said the Minister of Economy, SMEs, Energy and Tourism, Lex Delles. IPC and Communication from the European Commission towards an industrial carbon management for the EU
