Norway’s electrification solutions provider PSW Power & Automation, part of Scana, has secured a contract to design and deliver a complete shore power system enabling ships at the CO₂ terminal in Øygarden to shut down their generators and be supplied with renewable electricity from the grid.
This is expected to significantly reduce emissions and provide major environmental benefits.
The system at the CO2 terminal in Øygarden—the onshore transport and receiving part of the Northern Lights project—will have a capacity of approximately 3MW and includes a medium voltage substation, frequency converter station, cable management system and overall energy control system.
The Northern Lights carbon capture and storage (CCS) project is taking a major step forward in large-scale CO₂ transport and storage, accelerating industrial emission reductions across Europe. Phase 2 of the development, valued at NOK 7.5 billion (about $755 million) will increase the total injection capacity from 1.5 million tonnes of CO₂ per year (Mtpa) to at least 5 Mtpa. The expansion through Phase 2 builds on existing onshore and offshore infrastructure and includes additional onshore storage tanks, a new jetty, and additional injection wells.
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Expanded operations will be ready in 2028, while Phase 1 started receiving CO₂ this summer.
While Phase 1 of Northern Lights was in large part funded by the Norwegian government, Phase 2 is funded by its owners Equinor, TotalEnergies and Shell, with an additional EU grant from Connecting Europe Facility (CEF).
A month ago, the abovementioned joint venture partners injected and stored the first CO2 volumes at the Northern Lights CO2 project in the Norwegian North Sea, marking the start of operations of what is said to be “the world’s first” third-party CO2 transport and storage facility.
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