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Norway launches world’s first commercial carbon storage vault

The construction site for a terminal which will collect liquefied carbon dioxide CO2 in Oygarden near Bergen, Norway. © Alexiane LEROUGE / AFP/File

Øygarden (Norway) (AFP) – Norway has opened the gateway to a massive undersea vault for carbon dioxide, marking a significant step towards launching what its operator calls the first commercial service for CO2 transport and storage.

The Northern Lights project plans to take CO2 emissions captured at factory smokestacks in Europe and inject them into geological reservoirs under the seabed.

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