The Northern Lights joint venture in Øygarden, Norway, is set to receive its fleet of four carbon dioxide (CO2) ships at Dalian Shipbuilding Industry in China.
Chinese ship manufacturer Dalian Shipbuilding Industry was awarded the shipbuilding contract in 2022 and built the Northern Pioneer ship. It is also constructing its sister ship, the Northern Pathfinder.
Two additional ships are being built by Dalian Shipbuilding Offshore.
Lin Jiming, Vice-President of Dalian Shipbuilding Industry, said the company takes pride in delivering the world’s first ships for commercial CO2 transportation.
A joint venture between TotalEnergies, Equinor, and Shell, Northern Lights will receive CO2 cargoes, a 100km subsea pipeline for CO2 transportation to the offshore storage location, and subsea injection facilities for permanent CO2 storage in a reservoir 2,600m below the seabed.
The site is billed as the world’s first commercial CO2 transport and storage project and expects to start injecting CO2 in 2025.
Tim Heijn, Managing Director of Northern Lights, described the news as a great moment for both Northern Lights and the CCS industry.
“The delivery of this ship will establish DSIC as a pioneer in CO2 transportation solutions, and we remain committed to collaborating with Northern Lights to realise their CCS objectives.”
The ship will be registered in Norway and managed by Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha.
CCS for Europe
Developing CO2 transportation and storage services is one of the necessary levers to reduce emissions and a realistic decarbonisation solution for European industry.
The first phase of the project was supported by the Norwegian government and has a capacity of 1.5 Mt CO2/year, which has been fully booked by customers in Norway and Continental Europe. Studies are under way for a capacity expansion to more than 5 Mt CO2/y in a second phase.
A capacity of 0.8 million tonnes annually has been reserved for the Heidelberg Materials cement factory in Brevik and Hafslund Oslo Celsio waste-to-energy plant.
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