Credit: Northern Lights JV The Northern Phoenix was officially blessed in Bergen the previous week, marking another milestone in the development of Northern Lights’ CO₂ transport infrastructure. The ship is purpose-built for the safe and efficient transport of liquefied CO₂ and is an addition to the Northern Lights fleet, supporting the scaling of carbon capture and storage across Europe. Northern Phoenix is dedicated to transporting CO₂ from Yara and will play a key role in

Courtesy of NYK Japanese engineering company Chiyoda Corporation, compatriot shipping major Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK Line), and its Norway-headquartered affiliate Knutsen NYK Carbon Carriers (KNCC) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to collaborate on carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects globally. The tripartite partnership will be focused on expanding business opportunities for CCS projects in Japan and overseas, including optimizing transportatio

source: Noerthern Lights. Norway’s Northern Lights carbon capture and storage (CCS) project has begun injecting its first volumes of biogenic carbon dioxide (CO2) captured from wastewater treatment. The project, located in the North Sea, has received CO2 derived from wastewater processing at the Veas facility in Slemmestad, which serves more than 800,000 people in the Oslo region. The captured emissions have been liquefied and transported by truck to the Øygarden receiving te

source: KN Energies International energy terminal operator KN Energies has selected a service provider for the environmental impact assessment (EIA) and spatial planning services related to the construction and operation of the planned carbon dioxide (CO₂) terminal in Klaipėda. The tender announced by the company was won by the engineering and architecture firm Sweco Lietuva. The value of the contract signed between KN Energies and Sweco Lietuva amounts to EUR 234 560 excludi

A decisive step towards the implementation of the first carbon dioxide storage facility in the Mediterranean has been taken with the award of the Front End Engineering Design (FEED) to Kent Plc . The decision by EnEarth (a subsidiary of Energean) marks the start of the technical implementation of a project that will change the course of the domestic industry. The Technical Object Kent, a global giant in the field of engineering services, is called upon to design the infrast

Foto Credit: Energean. Prinos The Hellenic Hydrocarbon and Energy Resources Management Company (HHREMC), as the country’s competent licensing authority for the geological storage of CO2, announced that a storage permit for the national and strategic energy project “Prinos CO2” has been granted to EnEarth Greece – a subsidiary of Energean and the project’s implementing body. The landmark decision establishes that the geological formation in Prinos is suitable for use as a CO2

Last week became known that BV has issued an AiP for the ‘OCC Ready’ design of Hudong-Zhonghua's 271 000 m 3 LNG carrier. The approval confirms the feasibility of integrating a future carbon capture system into the vessel's design, addressing key aspects of system integration and safety compliance, and providing a forward-looking solution for deep decarbonisation. Alex Gregg-Smith, President, Marine & Offshore, Bureau Veritas, said: “This series of approvals highlights the d

Image courtesy of Porthos CO2 Transport and Storage C.V. Four former gas production wells in the North Sea have been successfully converted into CO2 injection wells, marking a major technical milestone for the Netherlands’ Porthos carbon capture and storage (CCS) project. The wells, located on the P18-A offshore platform around 12 miles off the Dutch coast, are now ready to begin injecting captured CO2 once final platform modifications are completed. First injection is expect

source: DEA The Danish Energy Agency has received two final bids for the DKK 28.7 billion (around €3.84 billion) fund for carbon capture and storage (CCS) aimed at helping the country reach its climate goals. Sixteen projects applied to be prequalified for this third CCS pool, of which ten were prequalified in May 2025 . Eight of the projects submitted initial bids in August 2025. The two final bids will now be assessed, with the contracts expected to be awarded in April. “W

The UK Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) has opened applications from carbon capture, usage and storage (CCUS) projects seeking to connect to the East Coast Cluster Teesside network by 2032. DESNZ will assess applications through the ECC Teesside Selection Process to identify projects that could connect to the network and make use of remaining capacity at the Endurance offshore site. Expressions of interest must be lodged by 10 March and applications close a

Port of Immingham-UK UK and European ports are to study the potential of carbon capture and storage shipping corridors between the UK and continental Europe. Two memoranda of understanding have been signed involving Associated British Ports, LBC Tank Terminals, North Sea Port and the Port of Esbjerg, and coincide with the Hamburg Declaration which seeks to boost cross-border clean energy development. Those involved will explore designing port infrastructure for carbon dioxid

Japanese energy major Inpex has withdrawn its Bonaparte carbon capture and storage (CCS) project from Australia’s federal environmental review process, citing changes to the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act introduced last year. The Bonaparte CCS project, jointly owned by Inpex , Woodside and TotalEnergies , is designed to store up to 300 million tons of carbon dioxide captured from the Ichthys offshore gas field beneath the seabed approximatel

Prinos CCS instalation Kavala Greece. The Island Environmental Association of Thassos informs its members, citizens and the media that the filing of a fully documented appeal to the Council of State against the carbon dioxide (CO₂) storage project in the maritime areas of Prinos - Thassos - Kavala and in the Thracian Sea, has been successfully completed. The Association has received: the scientific studies carried out by specialized scientists, as well as the official appeal

The carbon capture and storage (CCS) project in Greece remains in a state of uncertainty, despite the fact that the institutional framework was recently passed by Parliament. The three regulatory texts that national regulatory authority for energy waste and water (RAEWW) put out for public consultation appear to have failed to reassure the market; on the contrary, they opened a new cycle of concern, with the main "players" speaking of ambiguities, gaps and lack of predictabi

Credits: Northern Lights Oslo-listed global consultancy ABL Group has been hired for work on the second phase of Northern Lights, part of the Longship full-scale carbon capture and storage (CCS) project in Norway. While announcing a contract with  Equinor  to provide marine warranty survey (MWS) services to the  Northern Lights Phase 2  project, which is based on Gassnova SF’s design basis with transport and storage of an annual volume of 1.5 Mt/y CO2, ABL explains that its N

ACTIVE. World 's largest LCO2 carrier (source: NX) As 2025 drew to a close, Finland’s Vantaan Energia’s Vantaa Carbon Capture project was announced, described as Finland’s first industrial-scale carbon dioxide capture and storage project and as creating “a completely new infrastructure and value chain for carbon dioxide capture, utilisation and storage in Finland.” According to the company, the project would “significantly reduce fossil emissions and create a value chain in

A Japanese life insurer has stepped into uncharted territory for sustainable finance, backing the world’s first corporate bond dedicated solely to carbon capture and storage. Dai-ichi Life Insurance said it invested about ¥4.7 billion ($30 million) in a bond issued by the Port of Rotterdam Authority , Europe’s largest port operator. The deal is notable not just for its scale but for its structure: proceeds are ringfenced exclusively for carbon capture and storage, or CCS. Da

Credits: Northern Lights Norway’s Northern Lights carbon storage project has issued its first certificates confirming the permanent offshore storage of CO2. The certificates verify that CO2 captured at Heidelberg Materials’ Brevik cement plant has been received, transported and injected into the Aurora reservoir beneath the North Sea.  They are intended to provide customers with documented proof of storage and form part of the project’s digital measurement and reporting frame

Investments of 4 billion euros in carbon capture and storage projects are being launched in the near future, with the completion of the institutional framework and the approval of financing for the projects from European and national funds. Investments of 4 billion euros in carbon dioxide capture and storage projects by industries that do not have the technological ability to reduce their emissions are being launched in the near future, with the completion of the institutiona

Courtesy of Porthos During PCI Energy Days, organized by the European Commission last year to highlight projects of common interest (PCIs) for the energy infrastructure story, multiple CO2 projects from the Netherlands inked grant agreements under the CEF Energy, with the aim of building a cross-border CO2 transport and storage network for Northwest Europe. These projects have the potential to transport up to 35 million tonnes of CO₂ per year from industrial emitters to perm