The Equinor Energy-led Northern Lights JV is ready to receive and store CO2 at what Equinor calls the world’s first cross-border CO2 transport and storage plant, Northern Lights.
The Norwegian Minister of Energy officially opened the plant in Øygarden, near Bergen, on Sept. 26.
The Northern Lights project consists of a receiving terminal, injection pipeline, and subsea installations, and is part of the Norwegian full-scale carbon capture and storage (CCS) project Longship, a comprehensive project initiated by the Norwegian government aiming to demonstrate CO2 capture, transport, and storage at scale.
The Northern Lights project includes capture of CO2 from industrial sources and shipping of liquid CO2 to the onshore terminal in Øygarden. From there, the liquified CO2 will be transported by pipeline to offshore storage 2,600 m below the seabed in the North Sea.
The first phase capacity of 1.5 million tonnes/year CO2 is fully booked, and the joint venture owners continue to work on plans to increase the transport and storage capacity for the future.
The Northern Light project is a joint venture of Equinor, Shell, and TotalEnergies.