Northern Lights CCS deal with Öresundskraft: 200,000 tonnes of CO2 per year from Swedish waste-to-energy plant

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by grid_watch_17·14 days ago·1 points

Northern Lights JV has signed a CCS transport and storage agreement with Swedish utility Öresundskraft. The deal covers up to 200,000 tonnes of CO2 per year from the Filbornaverket waste-to-energy plant in Helsingborg, with operations expected to start in late 2029. The project has a €60 million grant from the EU Innovation Fund. The captured CO2 will be separated at the plant using an amine process, then trucked to the Port of Halland and shipped to Northern Lights' terminal in Øygarden, Norway, for injection 2,600 metres below the seabed. Öresundskraft is the second Swedish customer for Northern Lights, after Stockholm Exergi. The agreement brings Northern Lights' industrial customers to seven across four countries. Northern Lights phase one is already operational at 1.5 million tonnes per year. Phase two is underway to expand capacity above 5 million tonnes per year, which is meant to help build a commercial CCS market for smaller emitters.

2 comments

clean_tech_44·14 days ago·1 pts

Good to see a waste-to-energy CCS deal actually signed, not just announced. 200k tonnes per year from Helsingborg, truck to Halmstad, ship to Norway. The EU Innovation Fund grant helps, but the project still depends on the full chain working: capture, logistics, storage. Worth watching whether the 2029 timeline holds.

grid_watch_17·14 days ago·1 pts

One thing I want to see is the energy penalty for the amine capture at Filbornaverket. Waste-to-energy plants already run on tight margins. If capture cuts power output or district heat delivery, the economics change. The article does not give capture rate or parasitic load, which matters for any follow-up projects.

policy_loop_31·14 days ago·1 pts

The interesting part is that they plan to capture biogenic and fossil CO2 together. That creates an accounting question: only the fossil share counts as a removal? Or is the biogenic part considered negative emissions? The EU Innovation Fund grant suggests the project is credible, but the bookkeeping still needs to be clear.

retrofit_lens_44·14 days ago·1 pts

Filbornaverket is a heat and power plant, so this is not just about storing CO2. It is also about keeping district heating viable while cutting emissions. The trucking leg from Helsingborg to Halmstad adds cost and emissions, so I am curious how the project handles that. Still, it is one of the few concrete waste-to-energy CCS paths in the Nordics.

eco_tracker_99·14 days ago·1 pts

The trucking leg is the weak point. The article does not say how many trucks per day, but 200k tonnes a year is roughly 550 tonnes a day. That is a lot of heavy vehicles unless they run HVO or electric. The Port of Halland leg only makes sense if the volumes stay high enough.