Norwegian chemical giant Yara International has officially inaugurated its carbon capture and storage (CCS) facility in Sluiskil, the Netherlands, making it Europe’s largest commercial cross-border operation of its kind.
The project will capture CO2 produced during manufacturing at the Yara Sluiskil plant, liquefy it and ship it to Norway, where it will be permanently stored deep beneath the seabed.
Yara Sluiskil is a major producer of nitrogen fertilisers, which are used to support global food production. To make these fertilisers, the plant manufactures ammonia, a process that releases vast amounts of greenhouse gas.
The CCS project aims to capture and liquefy up to 800,000 tonnes of CO2 yearly from its ammonia production. This will be transported by Northern Lights to a permanent storage site 2.6km beneath the seabed on the Norwegian continental shelf. Northern Lights is a CO2 transport and storage infrastructure project that forms a key part of the Norwegian government's flagship ‘Longship...