Longship : captation et stockage de CO2 sous la mer du Nord en Norvège

The Longship project is a Norwegian industrial-scale carbon capture and storage (CCS) network designed to decarbonize heavy industries where electrification is not feasible. The project consists of two initial capture sites—a cement plant in Brevik and a waste-to-energy plant in Oslo—and the Northern Lights transport and storage infrastructure. The Norwegian government is funding approximately two-thirds of the first phase, which exceeds 3.5 billion CAD, with the goal of creating a commercially viable cross-border storage service for European emitters. The document highlights the importance of holistic government support, including regulatory streamlining and increasing carbon pricing, while noting criticisms regarding the use of public funds to support the oil and gas sector.

• The Longship project is a large-scale CCS network where the Norwegian government covers approximately two-thirds of the first phase costs, which are expected to exceed 3.5 billion Canadian dollars.
• The first phase of the project involves two capture sites: a Norcem-Heidelberg cement plant in Brevik aiming to capture 400,000 tonnes of CO2 annually, and the Hafslund Oslo Celsio waste-to-energy plant in Oslo also targeting 400,000 tonnes per year.
• The Northern Lights component provides the transport and storage infrastructure, with an initial storage capacity of 1.5 million tonnes per year for 25 years by mid-2024, planned to increase to 5 to 7 million tonnes per year by 2026.
• Norway intends to commercialize the Northern Lights infrastructure by offering paid transport and storage services to industrial emitters across Europe, having already signed a cross-border agreement with the Dutch ammonia and fertilizer manufacturer Yara Sluiskil to store up to 800,000 tonnes of CO2 annually by 2025.
• To stimulate long-term demand for carbon capture, the Norwegian government is implementing an increasing carbon price for fossil energy products, rising from 590 NOK (81 CAD) per tonne in 2021 to 2,000 NOK (275 CAD) per tonne by 2030.
• The project serves as a demonstration of how government intervention can overcome non-financial barriers, such as streamlining regional administrative formalities and creating new permitting systems for CO2 storage.
• Critics argue that public funding for Longship constitutes a fossil fuel subsidy that benefits the oil and gas consortium and may distract from reducing emissions at the source.

APA

Canadian Climate Institute (2023). Longship : captation et stockage de CO2 sous la mer du Nord en Norvège. https://institutclimatique.ca/publications/longship-captation-et-stockage-co2-sous-la-mer-du-nord-en-norvege/

Chicago

Canadian Climate Institute. Longship : captation et stockage de CO2 sous la mer du Nord en Norvège. 2023. https://institutclimatique.ca/publications/longship-captation-et-stockage-co2-sous-la-mer-du-nord-en-norvege/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{canadianclimateinstitute2023longship, author = {{Canadian Climate Institute}}, title = {{Longship : captation et stockage de CO2 sous la mer du Nord en Norvège}}, institution = {Canadian Climate Institute}, year = {2023}, month = feb, url = {https://institutclimatique.ca/publications/longship-captation-et-stockage-co2-sous-la-mer-du-nord-en-norvege/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }