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On Monday, the government came with the news that caused the mayor of Øygarden, Tom Georg Indrevik (H), to raise flags and serve cakes in the town hall.
Education Minister Tina Bru (H) revealed that the government allocates NOK 16.8 billion for carbon capture plants at Norcem’s cement factory in Porsgrunn in Telemark.
The project, which is called “Longship”, also means a green light for the Northern Lights storage project in the North Sea. Equinor will build the plant associated with this part in Øygarden, on the outskirts of Bergen.
– This is a great great day. It is in Øygarden where the really green change will occur, says Indrevik.
Øygarden receives CO2 capture
At Brevik’s cement factory in Porsgrunn, 400,000 tonnes of CO2 will be captured annually. The Klemetsrud recycling plant in Oslo wanted full financial support to capture CO2, but the government promised partial funding, which disappoints the mayor of Oslo.
The CO2 from Porsgrunn will be transported in liquid form on specially built ships to Kollsnes in Øygarden, just outside Bergen.
– This is the largest climate project ever carried out in Norwegian industry, said Oil and Energy Minister Tina Bru (H) during a press conference on Monday.
In the long term, 183 boats a year with a full load of catch can be sailed to Kollsnes, if all goes according to plan. The plan is that ships from abroad also arrive
In Øygarden, the CO2 capture is temporarily stored in a tank, before it is pumped through pipes into the North Sea. CO2 is stored 2,700 meters below the seabed.
THE SEA: Here is one of the frames of the Aurora Borealis on the seabed. According to Equinor, it is potentially possible to store the equivalent of 1000 years of Norwegian discharges on the seabed off the coast of Norway.
Photo: Equinor
Greetings for jobs
The mayor believes that the project means several hundred and perhaps a thousand new jobs in the Øygarden municipality.
– During the construction period, there will be between 600 and 800 jobs in a period. But in the long run, we will be able to attract climate neutral jobs from around the world, who want to deliver CO2-free products to the market, he says.
Expect the largest commercial development since Sotrabrua opened in 1971.
According to a 2018 Sintef report, capturing, receiving and storing CO2 could create between 30,000 and 40,000 jobs nationwide by 2050.
SKETCH: A CO2 import dock will be established with tanks for intermediate storage and pumps to export CO2 from tanks through a pipeline to the seabed.
Photo: Equinor
– This means a lot to Øygarden. They put us on the map. This is a major industrialization that can create many new jobs both here and in other parts of the country, says the mayor.
Total investments for “Longships” by the government are estimated at NOK 17.1 billion. This includes the storage portion of the Northern Lights project taking place in western Norway.
Capture and storage costs are estimated to cost NOK 25.1 billion over 10 years.
Planned for many years
The project in Øygarden, which NRK has written about before, has been planned for several years. Behind the scenes, Øygarden has been working to install the facilities here.
-It has been planned and regulated, so now we are on the schedule, says the mayor.
Jon Askeland, the county mayor in western Norway, believes that it is correct to place this part of the CO2 capture project in western Norway. He believes that the experience of the oil sector in western Norway will be an advantage for the development of the project.
– This is produced by those who master technology. Both large and small companies throughout the region that will take care of this here, says Askeland.
He does not fear that the “new” lunar landing will be a hard landing, as in 2013. Then the Stoltenberg government had to abandon plans for large-scale CO2 treatment plants in Mongstad.
– I experience that this is so studied that I take it for granted that it is feasible. I base it on the information I have received, he says.
