The Northern Lights carbon seize and storage (CCS) facility in Øygarden, close to Bergen, Norway, has formally launched.
The power, a three way partnership between Equinor ASA, Shell plc, and TotalEnergies SE, is the world’s first cross-border carbon dioxide (CO2) transport and storage facility, Equinor mentioned in an announcement. The power consists of a receiving terminal, injection pipeline, and subsea installations.
“The completion of the Northern Lights facility marks an vital milestone for the worldwide improvement of a enterprise mannequin for carbon seize, transport and storage. It opens a worth chain for decarbonization of European trade and vitality and exhibits the position we and our companions absorb growing low carbon options within the vitality transition,” Equinor CEO Anders Opedal mentioned.
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The Northern Lights mission is a part of the Norwegian full-scale CCS mission named Longship. The total-scale mission contains seize of CO2 from industrial sources and delivery of liquid CO2 to the terminal in Øygarden. From there, the liquefied CO2 shall be transported by pipeline to an offshore storage location beneath the seabed within the North Sea, for secure and everlasting storage, in response to the discharge.
The primary part of improvement is 80 p.c funded by the Norwegian state as a part of the Longship mission. The primary part capability of 1.5 million tons of CO2 per yr is totally booked, and the three way partnership homeowners proceed to work on plans to extend transport and storage capability sooner or later, Equinor mentioned.
Equinor was in control of constructing the onshore plant in Øygarden in addition to the offshore services on behalf of Northern Lights JV and companions. The finances was $0.71 billion (NOK 7.5 billion), not together with the ships and the CO2 seize vegetation.
“This mission demonstrates what may be achieved when authorities and trade are working in the direction of the identical aim and co-invest to cut back dangers. Equinor has a number of CO2 transport and storage developments in our portfolio as operator and companion. The established Northern Lights worth chain and expertise from the mission shall be invaluable in maturing and scaling up future CCS tasks,” Opedal mentioned.
In one other emissions discount mission, Equinor began offering the Troll area property within the North Sea with onshore energy.
The onshore energy provided to Troll B and C reduces annual emissions on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS) by 250,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide (CO2), Equinor mentioned in a information launch. The mission is in step with the plan for improvement and operation (PDO) for Troll West electrification (TWEL), which was authorized by Norwegian authorities in 2021.
In line with an earlier launch, the facility to Troll B and C comes from Kollsnes, northwest of Bergen, Norway. From right here it runs by means of a brand new electro constructing shared by the Troll and Oseberg fields out to Troll B in a 132-kilovolt energy cable, and from there to Troll C.
Equinor mentioned it put in new modules on Troll B and C that alter the voltage to the methods on board. The processing methods and different energy-intensive methods on each platforms at the moment are pushed by electrical energy, aside from the massive export compressors, that are nonetheless gas-powered.
The CO2 discount is equal to round 0.5 p.c of Norway’s complete annual emissions, Equinor mentioned, including that nitrogen oxide emissions from the sphere are additionally diminished by round 850 metric tons per yr. Fuel burned in generators to offer vitality on the platforms can now be exported and extra effectively utilized in Europe.
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