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Where is Northern Lights CO2 stored?

The Norwegian Minister of Energy officially opened the Northern Lights CO 2 transport and storage facility in Øygarden, near Bergen, Norway. The Northern Lights facility is a joint venture between Equinor, Shell, and TotalEnergies. With the opening, Equinor’s cross-border facility is ready to receive and store CO 2.

Will Norway develop a full-scale CCS value chain in 2025?

The project is said to reflect the Norwegian government’s ambition to develop a full-scale CCS value chain in Norway, demonstrating the potential of this decarbonization approach. Longship, with captured CO2 from Brevik and Northern Lights’ transport and storage, will be operational in 2025.

How much will Norway spend on the longship project?

While disclosing that its Longship project is nearing completion, the Norwegian government highlighted that it intends to continue its investment in the project, thus, it proposed an allocation of 2.1 billion NOK or $197.3 million for this development in the state budget for 2025.

How many tons of CO2 will Northern Lights transport a year?

Northern Lights will also transport and store up to 800,000 tons of CO2 annually from Yara’s ammonia and fertilizer plant in Sluiskil, Netherlands – in addition to 430,000 tons of biogenic CO2 per year from Ørsted’s two power plants in Denmark, starting in 2026.