Carbon capture and storage - CCS
Various governments have worked to realize a full-scale project for capture, transport and storage of CO2 (CCS) in Norway. The Norwegian Parliament approved the Solberg government's full-scale CO2 management project in Meld. St. 33 (2019–2020) Longship - capture, transport and storage of CO2 in the state budget for 2021. A total of NOK 25.1 billion will be invested in the project. The government will cover approximately 2/3 and the industry will cover approximately 1/3 of the costs in the project's first phase.
Questions and answers about the Longship project
The Norwegian Parliament approved the Solberg government's full-scale CO2 management project in Meld. St. 33 (2019–2020) Longship - capture, transport and storage of CO2 in the state budget for 2021 Here you find the most usual questions we receive about the project.
What is Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS)?
CCS is short for carbon capture and storage and refers to the capturing, transporting and storage of CO₂. In English we use the word Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS), and this acronym is also frequently used in Norwegian.
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Norway and the Netherlands strenghten the energy cooperation
On 11th November 2021 Norwegian Minister of Petroleum and Energy, Marte Mjøs Persen, and Dutch Minister og Foreign Affairs, Ben Knapen, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to promote bilateral cooperation in the field of CCS and exploring future areas of energy cooperation related to the North Sea.