Luxembourg’s CCUS & CDR ecosystem

Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage (CCUS) and Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) solutions are increasingly recognised as essential tools to support climate neutrality, particularly to address residual emissions from hard-to-abate sectors. CCUS refers to a set of technologies that capture CO₂ emissions from industrial processes or energy production, and either reuse them in processes or products (utilisation) or store them permanently underground (storage). In contrast, CDR encompasses approaches that remove CO₂ directly from the atmosphere and store it durably, either through natural processes or engineered solutions.

In this context, Luxembourg is building a CCUS and CDR ecosystem, mapped by Luxinnovation and the Ministry of the Environment to support understanding.

The mapping identifies organisations contributing to CCUS and CDR in different ways: some are directly involved in CCUS or CDR activities along the value chain (CCUS Value Chain Actors), while others support these activities by providing enabling technologies, services or expertise (Enablers). These roles are not mutually exclusive: some organisations combine operational CCUS or CDR activities with enabling solutions, while others support specific steps of the value chain without carrying out the activity themselves. The mapping provides a structured overview of Luxembourg’s CCUS & CDR landscape and highlights complementarities and emerging areas of activity across the ecosystem.

In addition, the mapping includes a dedicated view on Luxembourg-related CCUS and CDR projects. These projects are positioned along the CCUS value chain, illustrating how concrete initiatives contribute to carbon capture, utilisation, removal or supporting activities and how they translate ecosystem capabilities into tangible decarbonisation efforts.