Norway’s Northern Lights Project Achieves Milestone with First Underground Injection of CO2 Captured from Wastewater

The Northern Lights project has started storing CO2 captured from Oslo’s wastewater. Discover how Norway is expanding carbon capture to urban waste streams.

By: AXL Media

Published: Mar 28, 2026, 7:42 AM EDT

Source: Information for this report was sourced from Northern Lights and Norway’s Longship project updates.

Expanding the Scope of Carbon Capture

On March 25, 2026, the Northern Lights project confirmed the successful injection of the first volumes of biogenic CO2 derived from wastewater. While CCS has traditionally targeted high-emission industries like cement and steel, this operation demonstrates that municipal waste streams can be effectively integrated into large-scale carbon removal networks. The CO2 is captured at the Veas wastewater treatment plant near Oslo—Norway’s largest facility of its kind—during the production of biogas.

From Urban Waste to Offshore Storage

The logistics of the pilot project involve a multi-step process to move carbon from the city to the sea:

Capture and Liquefaction: Emissions generated at the Veas facility, which serves over 800,000 people, are captured and converted into a liquid state.

Transport: The carbon removal company Inherit transports the liquefied CO2 by truck from Slemmestad to the Northern Lights receiving terminal in Øygarden.