Jun 17, 2025 · Oslo, Norway | AFP Norway on Tuesday launched a flagship carbon capture and storage (CCS) project, a technology seen as crucial to curbing climate change but struggling
Jul 3, 2025 · Norway revolutionizes climate action with the first-ever carbon capture project—storing greenhouse gases beneath the seabed like an underwater carbon cemetery.
Mar 28, 2025 · Northern Lights project, a joint venture of Equinor, Shell, and TotalEnergies, will invest $700 million to expand Europe''s largest carbon capture and storage (CCS) project,
Jul 8, 2025 · India is reviewing carbon capture and other projects in Norway to upgrade and expand the country''s energy capabilities, says Union minister for petroleum and natural gas
Jun 18, 2025 · Norway launched on Tuesday a flagship carbon capture and storage (CCS) project, a technology seen as crucial to curbing climate change but which is struggling to find a
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The full-scale project includes capture of CO 2 from industrial sources and shipping of liquid CO 2 to an onshore terminal on the Norwegian west coast. From there, the liquified CO 2 will be transported by pipeline to an offshore storage location subsea in the North Sea, for permanent storage.
What is described as the world’s first cross-border CO2 transport and storage facility is completed and “ready to receive and store CO2.” Northern Lights carbon dioxide transport and storage facilities at Øygarden outside Bergen (Photo: Northern Lights)
The total estimated cost of the project, including ten years of operation, is around NOK 34 billion. The investment is backed by the Norwegian Parliament and aims to develop CO₂ management as a cost-effective climate measure. ‘This is an investment in future jobs, technology, and industry.
The investment is backed by the Norwegian Parliament and aims to develop CO₂ management as a cost-effective climate measure. ‘This is an investment in future jobs, technology, and industry. Longship will demonstrate that CO₂ management is safe, feasible, and necessary to meet climate goals in Norway and the EU’, said Aasland.
This FID follows the signing of a 15-year commercial agreement between Northern Lights and Stockholm Exergi, the Swedish capital's energy supplier, for the cross-border transport and storage of 900,000 tonnes of biogenic CO 2 per year from 2028.
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