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Five European countries open their doors to cross-border CO2 storage
Five northern European countries – Denmark, Norway, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Sweden – have laid the foundations for Europe’s carbon capture and storage (CCS) infrastructure by joining forces to conclude arrangements on the transport and storage of carbon across borders.
read more... 17/04/2024
Norway holds inaugural offshore wind auction amid uncertainty over bids
Norway holds its first auction on Monday for the right to build a commercial offshore wind farm, offering up to 1.5 gigawatt (GW) of capacity, although interest has ebbed amid high project costs and there is still a risk of no bids being made.
read more... 18/03/2024
Norway’s Ambitious Plan to Store Carbon Dioxide in the North Sea
Norway has big plans to pump waste carbon from oil and gas operations and heavy industry under the seabed of the North Sea to be stored safely underground. It believes this method will be key to decarbonizing its fossil fuel activities in the coming years and supporting a green transition. However, some fear that this process cannot be done safely without risk to the environment. Others believe that carbon capture and storage (CCS) is merely a band-aid on a bullet wound and that countries should be fixing their carbon problem at the source rather than mitigating the effects of fossil fuel production. Nonetheless, so long as the world relies on oil and gas, companies will be looking for ways to produce lower-carbon fossil fuels through innovative methods, such as CCS technology.
read more... 14/03/2024
European LNG consumption to peak in 2025
LNG demand in the EU, the UK, Turkey and Norway will peak in 2025 at 169bcm and drop to 133bcm by 2030, the Institute of Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) said on Wednesday.
read more... 22/02/2024
Norway's Statkraft to invest up to $6.6 bln in hydro, wind power
Norway's state-owned renewable power producer Statkraft on Monday said it plans to invest up to 6 billion euros ($6.56 billion) to upgrade its domestic hydro and wind power facilities and to build new onshore wind farms.
read more... 09/01/2024