Northern Lights Undertaking- The JV between Shell, Equinor, and TotalEnergies for the carbon seize and storage (CCS) facility in Øygarden, Norway is now able to obtain CO2 from industries in Norway and Europe. This was a second of celebration for the Norway Authorities with Northern Lights turning into the primary to supply business CO2 transport and storage providers within the area.
Terje Aasland, Norwegian Minister of Power.
“Today’s ceremony marks a significant milestone—one that fills us with great pride and hope for the future. This is a proud moment not just for Northern Lights as a company, but for Norway and for the advancement of Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) worldwide”.
Northern Lights JV Powers Norway’s Full-Scale CCS Undertaking
The Northern Lights challenge performs a pivotal position in Norway’s bold Longship initiative, a full-scale CCS challenge that was rolled out in 2020. It focuses on capturing CO2 from industrial sources and storing it completely underneath the seabed within the North Sea.
Tim Heijn, Managing Director of Northern Lights JV.
“Today we achieved an important milestone on our journey to demonstrate CCS as a viable option to help achieve climate goals. The whole world is looking to Norway to learn about CCS. Since construction started, we have welcomed more than 10,000 visitors from more than 50 countries. Today we celebrated the completion of the facilities together with the people of our host municipality Øygarden, the Norwegian Ministry of Energy, and key stakeholders, including policymakers and industry partners in the CCS chain. All are instrumental for the success of Northern Lights and the CCS business in Europe”.
Supply: TotalEnergies
CO2 Journey: From Seize to Storage
Grete Tveit, Senior Vice President of Low Carbon Options at Equinor remarked,
“This is an exciting day for Equinor, Northern Lights Joint Venture, and our partners Shell and TotalEnergies. We are proud that Northern Lights, as part of the Longship value chain, has now been completed and is ready to receive CO2. It is an important milestone in the work of establishing a Carbon Capture and Storage value-chain in Europe.”
The method begins with CO2 seize from numerous industrial websites, together with the Brevik cement plant owned by Heidelberg Supplies in southern Norway. Right here’s how Northern Lights manages your entire transport and storage journey:
- CO2 is captured and liquefied on the industrial amenities.
- It’s shipped to the Øygarden terminal, which options 12 massive steel tanks for non permanent storage.
- The terminal briefly holds 7,500 cubic meters of liquefied CO2, delivered by custom-built ships.
- From there, CO2 travels by way of a 110-kilometer pipeline to a everlasting storage web site.
The offshore storage location, 2,600 meters beneath the seabed, ensures long-term CO2 containment in a rock formation.
The storage capability can deal with massive volumes of CO2, with Section 1 able to injecting 1.5 MMTs yearly, amounting to a complete of 37.5 MMTs over 25 years. In Section 2, the challenge plans to extend its capability by an extra 3.5 MMTs per 12 months, considerably boosting its potential to retailer CO2 from industrial sources.
Supply: Equinor
Undertaking Collaboration and Funding
As Northern Lights pioneers business CO2 transport and storage, it’s taking part in a key position in Norway’s technique to scale back emissions and lead world efforts in decarbonization.
Companions Share: TotalEnergies (33.3%), Equinor (33.3%), Shell (33.3%)
Carbon Emissions in Norway
Equinor to Oversee Infrastructure
Equinor is chargeable for overseeing the development of each the onshore and offshore amenities. The press launch highlights that the challenge has a complete price of seven.5 billion NOK, which doesn’t embrace the CO2 seize vegetation or ships. A major 80% of the primary part’s funding is offered by the Norwegian authorities as a part of the Longship initiative.
In the meantime, Equinor continues to broaden its CCS tasks, exploring new alternatives throughout the Snøhvit and Sleipner fields on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. Moreover, it’s growing new onshore and offshore CCS tasks in Northwest Europe, the UK, and the US. These developments rely on ongoing collaboration between governments, business, prospects, and regulators to implement large-scale carbon seize and storage options successfully.
Shell Takes a New Step in Norway
Shell is already well-established in Norway. Nonetheless, the Northern Lights Undertaking is one other feather of their cap. Marianne Olsnes, Shell’s CEO in Norway, views it as a blueprint for a brand new enterprise mannequin aimed toward lowering greenhouse fuel emissions. She believes it represents an important first step towards a big industrial alternative for Norway.
She additional added,
“This has been a long journey, with partners Shell, TotalEnergies and Equinor working together to deliver as planned despite the pandemic, supply chain challenges and a strained global economy. The Norwegian authorities have also taken an important role in the realization of this ground-breaking project. I believe that we are helping to create something that can have a major impact on how Europe can meet the Paris goals.”
Anna Mascolo, Government Vice President of Shell Low Carbon Options, praised the three way partnership, expressing her satisfaction that the Northern Lights amenities are actually ready to obtain CO2 from industrial websites all through Europe. She emphasised that this growth is a crucial element of Shell’s built-in choices for its prospects.
TotalEnergies Presents Slicing-Edge Tech Help
Let’s take a look at what Arnaud Le Foll, Senior Vice-President New Enterprise – Carbon Neutrality at TotalEnergies speaks on the JV.
“We are proud to celebrate today the commissioning of the Northern Lights facilities. It has been a long journey since our partnership with the Norwegian State, Equinor and Shell was established in 2017. This major milestone signals the readiness of the infrastructure to store CO2 and we look forward to receiving the first volumes from hard-to-abate emitters in 2025. This will bring a strong contribution to the decarbonization of European industry.”
TotalEnergies focuses on slicing emissions by making use of the most effective applied sciences throughout its operations. The company develops CCS tasks to handle extra carbon dioxide. It’s competent in challenge administration, fuel processing, and geosciences. With the Northern Lights Undertaking in Norway, Aramis within the Netherlands, and Bifrost in Denmark it’s actively serving to decarbonize Europe.
