Norway Bergen Energy Storage Industrial Project

The Energy Park is the world's first location with infrastructure for permanently storing CO 2 underneath the seabed. Located by a fjord outside of Bergen, this is a unique location for establishing climate-friendly industry with focus on the lowest carbon footprint. Norway currently possesses roughly 50% of Europe''s entire hydropower storage capacity, with a total reservoir volume of 86 TWh. Norway''s large reservoir capacity enables it to be in a position to provide large-scale, cost-effective, and emission-free indirect storage to balance wind and solar generation in other European countries.

When did Norway Open the Northern Lights visitor centre?

The Prime Minister of Norway, Jonas Gahr Støre, officially opened the Northern Lights visitor centre in October 2022. The Northern Lights project is part of the Norwegian full-scale carbon capture and storage (CCS) project. The full-scale project will include capture of CO 2 from one or two industrial capture sources.

How much did the Norwegian government pay for the Northern Lights project?

The Norwegian government covered about 80% of the cost for the first phase of the Northern Lights project. “The support from the Norwegian government and European Commission has been important contributing factors to successfully completing Phase 1 and advancing Phase 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 CO2 can a northern Pioneer transport?

In February, the Northern Lights JV announced the arrival of the Northern Pioneer in Stavanger. One of four sister vessels custom-designed for shipping liquid CO 2, it will be capable of transporting 8,000 tonnes of liquid CO 2 between customer facilities and the receiving terminal.

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.

When will CO2 be delivered from Stockholm exergi?

The second phase is expected to be completed and ready to receive CO 2 delivery from Stockholm Exergi in the second half of 2028. The expected $713 million investment for the second phase includes about $141 million from the Connecting Europe Facility funding scheme approved by the European Commission in 2024.

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