Northern Lights has developed the world’s first open-source CO2 transport and storage infrastructure.
The first phase of the Northern Lights development, with a storage capacity of 1.5 million tonnes of CO₂ per year, is part of the Longship project and is now complete and operational. The first CO₂ volumes have been received from Heidelberg Materials’ cement factory in Brevik, marking the start of full-scale operations. Longship reflects the Norwegian Government’s ambition to develop a full-scale CCS value chain in Norway.
With support of the Norwegian Government and our owners Equinor, Shell, and TotalEnergies, Northern Lights provides realistic decarbonisation opportunities for Norwegian and European industries.
In March 2025, Northern Lights took the next step with a commercially based investment decision for Phase 2, expanding our annual capacity to a minimum of 5 million tonnes of CO₂. With this expansion, Northern Lights is building a commercially viable CCS market and unlocking new decarbonisation opportunities across borders. Supported by an EU grant from the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF), the new infrastructure will include more CO₂ transport ships, additional storage tanks and a new jetty in Øygarden. Phase 2 is expected to be operational in the second half of 2028.
There is an urgent need and a significant demand for CCS, and we have an ambition to expand our commercial capacity to meet an increasing market demand.
