Belgium Federal CCUS and Hydrogen Strategy 2025
Belgium has no comprehensive national CCS deployment strategy: the federal level plays an enabling role (regulatory obstacles, bilateral agreements, EU funding, derisking) while Flanders and Wallonia implement. Flanders runs on its 2021 CCUS concept note plus the 2024 CO2 Transport Decree with regulated third-party access, tariff approval by the Flemish regulator and operator designation underway for the Antwerp cluster; Wallonia pairs capture projects (Holcim, ArcelorMittal) with a transport roadmap and future onshore assessment. Three London Protocol bilaterals underpin the transit-hub model: Denmark (2022), the Netherlands (2023), Norway (2024) with a Zeebrugge-pipeline MoU (June 2024) for 20-40 Mt/yr. Flagship infrastructure is the Antwerp@C export hub (€144.6M CEF-E: intra-port pipelines, liquefaction, buffer, marine loading, open access) and the Ghent Carbon Hub; the draft NECP projects ~5 Mt capture by 2030, all Flemish. The honest frame is transit-hub orchestration without domestic storage, not a federal master plan.
National Governance Context
Belgium Overview
Aggregate National Maturity Index (Peak Strength)
Governed Policies
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Identified Projects
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Related Policy Network
Directly Linked Assets
ARCaDe Antwerp Refinery
Capture — 0.74 Mtpa
GLOBE ( Lhoist Marche-les-Dames CCS)
Capture — 0 Mtpa
Antwerp CO2 Pipeline Network
Transport — 10 Mtpa
Belgian CO2 Pipeline Network (CO2 backbone for Belgium)
Transport — 40 Mtpa
Exxonmobil Antwerp Refinery CCS
Capture — 0 Mtpa
H2BE
Capture — 1.7 Mtpa
Ineos Antwerp CCS
Capture — 0 Mtpa
Kairos@C
Capture — 1.42 Mtpa
Antwerp@ C CO2 Export Hub phase 1
Transport — 2.5 Mtpa
Arcelor LanzaTech Carbalyst (Steelanol) Ghent
CCU — 0.125 Mtpa
Ghent Carbon Hub
Transport — 6 Mtpa
Borealis Antwerp CCS
Capture — 0 Mtpa
GO4ZERO Obourg
Capture — 1.1 Mtpa
Antwerp@C CO2 Export Hub phase 2
Transport — 7.5 Mtpa
Heidelberg Materials CBR Antoing Cement Plant (Anthemis)
Capture — 0.8 Mtpa