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World’s first open CO 2 transport and

storage infrastructure

BB has been contracted by system analyzing real-time and historical data and instantly showing plant metrics
engineering, procurement and and KPIs. As a result, operators will be able to make more accurate and informed
Aconstruction (EPC) contractor Aker decisions and review options for optimizing performance of assets and processes.
Solutions, a leader in sustainable energy “ABB is both a market leader in distributed control systems and a long-standing
solutions, to deliver the main electrical, partner with a thorough understanding of our business and expertise in both on-
automation and safety systems for and offshore as well as subsea projects,” said Kristin Glenna, project manager for
Norway’s Northern Lights project. Northern Lights at Aker Solutions. “This was key to our decision-making process.
A joint venture between Equinor, Shell We needed to entrust our remote operations to a partner with a successful track
and TotalEnergies, Northern Lights is the record in reliability and optimization to provide strong foundations for this important
first industrial carbon capture and storage development.”
project to develop an open and flexible “The ability to capture and store industrial CO 2 emissions, which cannot
infrastructure to safely store CO 2 from currently be prevented, is critical if the world is to reach net zero by 2050 with a
industries across Europe. The first phase global capacity of 1,7 billion tonnes of CO 2 capture re-quired by 20301,” said Per Erik
of the project is due to be completed Holsten, Head of ABB Energy Industries in Northern Europe. “Northern Lights is an
mid-2024 and will have the capacity to important development not only for its contribution to rebalancing the carbon cycle,
permanently store up to 1,5 million tonnes but also for its commitment to innovation. We are very pleased to be part of this
of CO 2 per year, with the ambition to exciting project that will contribute to a safer, smarter and more sustainable future.”
expand to over five million tonnes per year Purpose-built ships will transport captured and liquefied CO 2 from emitters to
in a second development phase. the Northern Lights Øygarden Terminal in western Norway, which will be remotely
ABB’s automation, electrical and operated from Equinor’s facilities at the Sture Terminal located approximately 7
digital solutions will be integrated into km away. To enable remote operations, ABB will build a state-of-the-art Extended
the Northern Lights project to enable the Operator Workstation at the Northern Lights Terminal which will work in tandem
remote operation of a new carbon capture with the central control room in Sture, with the two communicating seamlessly to
terminal and ensure that the facility runs minimize response times and support 24/7 remote operations.
at optimum efficiency.
Leveraging its market-leading https://www.iea.org/fuels-and-technologies/carbon-capture-
distributed control system ABB Ability utilisation-and-storage
System 800xA, operators will gain
greater visibility into the operation of the Contact Ofentse Dijoe, ABB, Phone 010 202-5105, ofentse.dijoe@za.abb.com,
Northern Lights terminal, with the ABB www.abb.com

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