(NewsNation) — The first volumes of carbon dioxide have been injected and stored as part of Norway’s Northern Lights carbon capture and storage project, marking the start of operations for the world’s first endeavor of the kind, owners Shell, Equinor and TotalEnergies said Monday.
The carbon dioxide is being stored in a reservoir 8,530 feet below the seabed.
The facility is part of Norway’s heavily subsidized Longship carbon capture and storage project aimed at commercializing the process as a way to reduce CO2 emissions, especially for sectors that rely on fossil fuel input and are hard to decarbonize.
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The CO2 now stored was shipped from the Brevik cement factory operated by Heidelberg Materials in southern Norway, and first offloaded into onshore tanks, before being sent through a 62 mile pipeline to the storage reservoir.
The commenced injection completes the first phase of the Northern Lights development, which can inject 37.5 million metric tons of CO2 over 25 years, or 1.5 million tons per year, and is fully booked.
The move is seen as a key step in reducing the CO2 footprint of industries such as cement and steel that are difficult to decarbonize.
CBS News reports the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has listed the technology as a promising tool in combating climate change.
Reuters contributed to this report.
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