Northern Lights stores first CO2 from Heidelberg cement plant

The first carbon dioxide volumes from cement manufacturer Heidelberg Materials have been successfully transported and stored at Norway’s Northern Lights project.

Believed to be the world’s first third-party CO2 transportation and storage facility, the Northern Lights project is a joint venture equally owned by energy specialists Equinor, Shell, and TotalEnergies.

Its first storage operation saw CO2 captured at Heidelberg Materials’ cement factory in Brevik. The CO2 was then transported through a 100km pipeline before being injected into the Aurora reservoir under the seabed of the North Sea.

Anders Opedal, CEO of Equinor, described the news as a major milestone.