To keep our planet habitable
humanity must dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions
If we proceed with business-as-usual, we are headed for 4 degrees of warming by the end of the century. This would be catastrophic for life on Earth. To avoid such a scenario, we need a fundamental societal and economic shift. And we need it to happen this decade. The primary greenhouse gas is carbon dioxide or CO₂. Our first aim must be to reduce how much of it our activities release. Globally, we must stop using the fossil fuels that produce it in such vast quantities and transition to renewable energy. However, the science shows that such reduction measures will not be enough. The removal of vast quantities of CO₂ from the atmosphere is also essential.
Future Biogas is developing a solution to build unsubsidised biomethane anaerobic digestion plants. With optimised design and operations, carbon neutral or carbon negative feedstocks sourced from regenerative agriculture practices, we will lead the way in a new generation of AD plants. Unsubsidised biomethane will be injected into the national gas network and the CO2 will be removed from the atmosphere and permanently stored.
What is Bioenergy Carbon Capture and Storage?
Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS) is the process of capturing and permanently storing CO2 from biomass energy. Biomass is converted into heat, electricity, liquids or gaseous fuels and the carbon emissions from this bioenergy conversion are captured and stored in geological formations or embedded in long-lasting products, like concrete.
The capture & storage of biogenic CO2
The capture and storage of biogenic CO2 on a large scale is a new model, but companies have been injecting CO2 into water, oil and gas filled formations for almost five decades. Northern Lights partner Equinor, for example, has two decades of experience storing CO2 in offshore locations in Sleipner and Snøhvit. (Crucially, the Northern Lights reservoir is not linked to oil or gas production).
Once injected into the geological rock formations, the accepted scientific position is that CO2 will remain there many thousands, if not millions, of years. Up to 200,000 tonnes will be sequestered under the North Sea each year from 2024 with the amount eventually rising to 400,000 tonnes per year.
CO₂ captured and liquified on site and transported to port facilities by road tanker
Liquid CO₂ transported from temporary CO₂ storage at the port facility, to Norway via ship
Captured CO₂ injected into permeable rock 2,500-3,000 meters below North Sea seabed
CO₂ safely and permanently sequestered for thousands, if not millions, of years
Permanent removal of CO2
The Northern Lights Project
A Joint venture of Equinor, Shell and Total supported by the Norwegian Government. Northern Lights will deliver carbon storage as a service. Our aim is to enable the decarbonisation of industrial emissions and work with Northern Lights to facilitate the permanent removal of CO2 from the air. The process of storing captured CO2 for the long-term is known as sequestration.
Captured CO2 can be safely and permanently injected into naturally occurring rock formations. The Northern Lights facility uses a reservoir 2,500-3,000 meters below the seabed of the North Sea.
For more information about the Northern Lights project, please follow the links below
CCS+ Initiative
Northern Lights is one of the founding partners of the CCS+ Initiative, a recently formed venture amongst project partners to strengthen global decarbonisation and carbon removal efforts. The focus will be to progress carbon accounting across a range of carbon capture technologies within a robust framework.
For more information about the CCS+ initiative and Carbon Capture Utilisation and Storage (CCUS) please follow the link below.
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