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Aker Carbon Capture — Interim / Quarterly Report 2020
Nov 3, 2020
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Interim / Quarterly Report
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Q3 2020
Valborg Lundegaard Chief Executive Officer
3 November 2020
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Highlights Aker Carbon Capture in brief Operations and business development Summary Outlook Q & A

Highlights



Listed on Oslo Stock Exchange 26 August, 2020
Norwegian Government recommended to fund building of CCS plant in Brevik, Norway
Test program on hydrogen production unit in Sweden

Aker Carbon Capture in brief

Pure play carbon capture company delivering ready-to-use capture plants
Best-in-class HSE friendly solvent and other patented plant technologies for better all-round plant performance
Market-leading proprietary technology with more than 50,000 operating hours

The big picture

2030: ~2,400 CCS plants required to meet targets
A significant addressable carbon capture market
"Projects now nearing a final investment decision represent an estimated potential investment of around USD 27 billion – more than double the investment planned in 2017" – IEA
September 17: EU raises climate ambition and proposes 55% cut in emissions by 2030
~5,200 plants globally w/ CO2 emissions >1 million tonnes/year
Europe takes lead in carbon emission cuts

"For Longship to be a successful climate project for the future, other countries also have to start using this technology"
Erna Solberg Prime Minister Norway 21 September, 2020
- "The EU aims to be climate neutral in 2050" - A European Green Deal (EU)
- "Denmark must reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 70 percent in 2030 compared with 1990"
- "Sweden to be carbon neutral by 2045"
- "Norway strengthens target to reduce emissions with at least 50%, and towards 55% by 2030"
- "New target will require the UK to bring all greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050"

Key markets and industries identified
Main activity in Northern Europe
- Scandinavia
- Benelux
- UK
…leading the way
Prioritized industries
- Cement
- Bio/Waste-to-energy
- Gas-to-power
- Blue hydrogen


The carbon capture value chain

Proprietary technology

Unique HSE profile – a key differentiator
High CO2 capture rate (~90%) & Energy efficient reclamation

Regular amine solvent: High solvent degradation (discolouring) in operation on coal flue gas
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ACC S26 solvent - no discolouration


Our carbon capture product offering
Big Catch ≥400,000 t/pa

Optimized with superior heat integration
Just Catch 40-100,000+ t/pa

Compact, modularized and cost efficient

CCS economics turning positive


Operations and business developments

Stock market listing
- Successful listing 26 August
- Private placement of NOK 500 million
- Listed on Merkur Market, with ambition of main board listing in 2021
-
27,000 shareholders
- +3,500 since day 1
Board of Directors
- Henrik Madsen (C)
- Kristian Monsen Røkke
- Øyvind Eriksen
- Nina Jensen
- Oscar Graff
- Kjell Inge Røkke (d)


Delivering CCS plant at Norcem cement facility
The world's first CCS plant at a cement facility
- Signed framework agreement with Norcem HeidelbergCement for the EPC delivery of a complete CO2 capture plant in Brevik, Norway
- EPC delivery of a 400,000 t/pa capture plant
- Contract value of approx. NOK 1.7 billion
- Strong execution model with Aker Solutions
- In operation from 2024

Longship – establishing the complete value chain
- Norwegian government launched "Longship" 21 September
- Includes funding for carbon capture at Brevik and Northern Lights storage project
- Excess storage capacity at Northern Lights
- MoUs with big international industrial groups


Big opportunities in blue hydrogen
- EU sees €11 billion market for hydrogen from natural gas, with CCS
- Currently testing at Scandinavia's biggest oil refinery, Preemraff in Sweden
"…we consider the future as our most important market and the journey to a sustainable society as one of our most important issues" – Preem
Carbon capture and utilization
- Contract signed with Twence for delivery of 100,000 tonnes capture
- Pending govt. funding
- Waste-to-energy plant in Hengelo, Netherlands
- Captured CO2 transported and utilized as fertilizer at nearby greenhouse – improving project economics
- EPC delivery of Just Catch unit with liquefaction
- In operation from 2022


Collaboration with Vattenfall
Aker Carbon Capture has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Sweden's Vattenfall to accelerate the evaluation of future carbon capture plants in Sweden and Northern Europe.
The agreement will support Vattenfall´s ambitions to achieve negative emissions in waste and bio CCS plants.
Vattenfall operates 15 bio energy plants in Sweden, Germany and the Netherlands. Photo: Vattenfall

"We want to make fossil free living possible within one generation" Vattenfall

Summary and outlook

Emission points in target markets

463 industrial sites with emissions of more than 100,000 tonnes per year in our target geographies and industries
- Cement
- Bio/Waste to Energy
- Gas-to-power
- Blue Hydrogen

Market opportunities

CPH Amager, Denmark

SSE Thermal, UK

Forus, Norway

Vattenfall, Sweden

Net Zero Teeside, UK

Ålborg Portland, Denmark

Creating the leading sustainable carbon capture company
10 in 25
Our ambition is to secure contracts to capture 10 million TPA* CO2 by 2025
*tonnes per annum
Outlook and priorities
Successfully deliver the NORCEM project
Continue developing opportunities in prioritised markets

Realize programmes to drive down carbon capture costs

Position for strategic markets through partnership

Investor relations
Market cap NOK 4 billion Investor base 27,000

Top 20 investors own 70% of shares
Financial Calendar
- Feb 12, 2021: Q4 Results 2020
- Apr 20, 2021: Annual General Meeting
- May 4, 2021: Q1 Results 2021
- Jul 9, 2021: Q2 and Half-Year Results 2021
Analyst coverage
- SEB Anders Rosenlund
- Carnegie Eivind Garvik
- Fearnleys Øystein Vaagen
- Pareto Synne Wesmann


Appendixes
- P&L
- Balance sheet
- Cash flow

Consolidated income statement Jul 8 - Sep 30, 2020
| Amounts in NOK thousand | Jul 8 - Sep 30, 2020 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | 5,611 |
| Operating expenses | (18,177) |
| Operating income (loss) | (12,566) |
| Net financial income (loss) | 71 |
| Net income (loss) | (12,495) |
| Other comprehensive income | - |
| Total comprehensive income | (12,495) |
Earnings per share (0.02)

Consolidated balance sheet As of Sep 30, 2020
| Amounts in NOK thousand | Sep 30, 2020 |
|---|---|
| Assets | |
| Property, plant and equipment | 2,279 |
| Intangible assets | 3,004 |
| Non current assets | 5,283 |
| Current operating assets | 13,378 |
| Cash and cash equivalents | 492,571 |
| Current assets | 505,949 |
| Total assets | 511,232 |
| Equity and liabilities | |
| Total equity | 484,214 |
| Total equity and liabilities | 511,232 |
|---|---|
| Current operating liabilities | 27,018 |

Consolidated cash flow statement Jul 8 - Sep 30, 2020
| (1,399) 500,000 |
|---|
| (6,030) |
| 6,465 |
| (12,495) |
| Jul 8 - Sep 30, 2020 |
| Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the period | - |
|---|---|
| Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the period | 492,571 |
