Norway is launching the world’s first underground carbon storage facility under the North Sea, Levon Azizyan, director of the Hydrometeorology and Monitoring Center, wrote on his Facebook page.
“The Northern Lights project is Europe’s first commercial CO₂ storage facility. Carbon dioxide captured at industrial facilities is compressed and transported by sea to a Norwegian terminal. It is then sent via an underwater pipeline approximately 2.6 kilometers deep to the Aurora underground storage facility on the North Sea floor.
The storage facility has a capacity of up to 1.5 million tons of CO₂ per year and is already fully occupied by customers. By the end of 2025, carbon dioxide will be supplied from Norway and injected into the underground storage facility. Next year, gas will also be provided from Denmark and the Netherlands.
Starting in 2028, capacity is planned to be increased to 5 million tons. This will significantly reduce carbon dioxide emissions from heavy industry and support global efforts to combat climate change,” he wrote.
