NGOs wary of Norway’s world-first scheme to bury CO2 under the North Sea

The liquefied CO2 carrier Northern Pioneer of Northern Lights in Oslo, Norway. AFP - STIAN LYSBERG SOLUM

Environmental groups are warning that Norway’s Northern Lights project – the world’s first commercial offshore carbon storage scheme – could end up masking continued fossil fuel use. It began operations this week, pumping CO2 into a reservoir deep beneath the North Sea seabed.

The first injection came from Heidelberg Materials’ cement plant in Brevik, in southeastern Norway.