Building Norways carbon capture market

Aker Solutions has been awarded the engineering and design contract by Hafslund Oslo Celsio to develop the terminal at the Norwegian port which will see CO2 produced at Celsio’s waste-to-energy plant at Klemetsrud stored before export by ship to the Northern Lights terminal at Øygarden on the west coast.

The Celsio CCS project and the Northern Lights storage are part of Longship, the Norwegian government’s carbon capture and storage project, which will also include CO2 captured at Heidelberg Materials’ cement plant in Brevik.

“At Aker Solutions, we have a growing track record in supporting our customers across the entire CCS value chain,” said Henrik Inadomi, executive vice president, new energies at Aker Solutions.

“We are proud to have engineered a cost efficient and effective layout which enabled Celsio to proceed with the next phase of this landmark development.”

Since April 2023, the Celsio carbon capture project has been through a cost reduction phase after the previous project cost estimate exceeded the investment budget.

As part of this phase, new vendors were brought in to present alternative solutions that could lower costs. Based on the concept study conducted, Aker Solutions was chosen to perform the front-end engineering and design (FEED) for the CO2 terminal at Oslo port, with the possibility of a further engineering, procurement, construction, installation & commissioning contract.

“We are pleased to have Aker Solutions on board for the second phase of the FEED for our carbon capture project,” said Knut Inderhaug, managing director at Hafslund Oslo Celsio.

“Today’s announcement is a significant decision regarding transportation of our future captured CO2. However, it is not smooth sailing towards a new investment decision. We are still depending on improved framework conditions and income potential before the realisation of carbon capture in Oslo.”