Yara Opens Europe's Largest Carbon Capture Facility at Sluiskil, Shipping CO₂ to Norway
Yara has kicked off Europe’s biggest industrial carbon capture facility at its ammonia and fertilizer plant in Sluiskil, Netherlands. This facility, which can seize up to 800,000 tons of CO₂ annually, was officially opened on September 7, 2026, with officials from the Dutch and Norwegian governments, the European Commission, Yara, and Northern Lights present. Once the carbon dioxide is captured, it gets liquefied and stored on-site before being sent to Northern Lights in Øygarden, Norway, where it will be injected permanently 2,600 meters beneath the seabed. This project marks the launch of the first extensive cross-border carbon capture and storage network, aiming to store about 12 million tons of CO₂ over the next 15 years, especially from hard-to-electrify industries.
Key facts
- Europe's largest industrial carbon capture facility opened at Yara's ammonia and fertilizer plant in Sluiskil, the Netherlands
- The facility can capture and liquefy up to 800,000 tons of CO₂ every year
- The facility was officially inaugurated on September 7, 2026
- Captured CO₂ is liquefied, stored on site, and loaded onto vessels operated by Northern Lights
- CO₂ is transported to Northern Lights' facilities in Øygarden, Norway, and permanently injected around 2,600 meters beneath the seabed
- Over 15 years, Yara and Northern Lights expect to capture and permanently store approximately 12 million tons of CO₂
- The project establishes the first complete cross-border carbon capture and storage chain of its kind at this scale
- Representatives from the Dutch and Norwegian governments, the European Commission, Yara and Northern Lights attended the inauguration
Entities
Institutions
- Yara
- Yara International
- Northern Lights
- European Commission
- designboom
Locations
- Sluiskil
- Netherlands
- Norway
- Øygarden
- North Sea