Explore Northern Lights’ CO₂ transport and storage facility

More than 16,000 people from over 70 countries have visited Northern Lights in Øygarden since 2021. Now, our virtual tour makes it possible to explore the facility from anywhere.

Visitors come from across industry, governments and authorities, research and academia, and the questions vary depending on who is visiting. Many want to see the facility for themselves and understand how CO₂ transport and storage works in practice. How does the CO₂ arrive? What happens when a ship is offloaded? How is the CO₂ permanently stored beneath the seabed?

Some visits go further into the technical details, with questions about the infrastructure, operations and requirements for transporting and storing CO₂ with Northern Lights.

“The visit had a significant impact on our view of CCS. Seeing the project in operation and learning about the technology and safety measures firsthand made us realise how practical and essential CCS can be for achieving climate goals. It also helped us better understand the challenges and opportunities involved in large-scale implementation.”

Another visitor highlighted how experience from Northern Lights can inform the development of other CCS projects:

“A good picture of how the facility has solved certain things – and what can be approved. This is taken into account in similar parts of our project.”

Interest in visiting the Northern Lights facilities is high. The virtual tour makes the facility now accessible to a wider audience. It takes visitors through key parts of the Northern Lights value chain – from the visitor centre and storage tanks to the CO₂ ships and the offshore storage well – providing a closer look at the infrastructure behind CO₂ transport and storage.

Ready to step inside?

Northern Lights is part of Longship, the Norwegian full-scale carbon capture and storage project. An important objective of Longship is to demonstrate a complete CCS value chain and share knowledge and experience that can support the development of CCS in Norway and Europe.

Today, the Northern Lights infrastructure is in operation, and the next phase is in full development.

Phase 2 will increase the capacity from 1.5 million to more than 5 million tonnes of CO₂ per year. The expansion is supported by the European Union through the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF), contributing to the development of cross-border CO₂ transport and storage infrastructure in Europe.

As Northern Lights expands to serve more emitters across Europe, sharing operational experience and knowledge remains an important part of our work.