據路透社9月21日消息稱，挪威周一表示，該國將為全球首個碳捕捉和儲存(CCS)項目提供168億克朗(18.3億美元)的融資，該項目預計總投資為251億克朗。

幾十年來，各國政府、能源公司和行業一直將CCS列為減少排放和向低碳未來邁進的計劃的核心，但其發展緩慢，世界上幾乎沒有商業項目存在。

根據該計劃，挪威政府將資助北極光（Northern Lights），這是歐洲石油巨頭Equinor、殼牌和道達爾的合資企業，它將把捕獲的碳排放運輸并掩埋在北海的近海地質地層中。

奧斯陸還將資助挪威南部一家水泥廠的碳捕獲項目，該水泥廠由德國海德堡水泥公司運營。

如果芬蘭Fortum能夠獲得外部資金支持，政府還將資助其運營的位于奧斯陸的垃圾焚燒廠。

總理厄爾納·索爾伯格說，該項目以維京人使用的船只命名，是“政府工業和氣候努力的里程碑”。

她在新聞發布會上表示:“該項目將減少排放，促進新技術的發展，從而創造新的就業機會。”

這是這個產油國第二次嘗試啟動CCS。十年前，挪威曾試圖在一家天然氣發電廠捕獲溫室氣體排放。

曹海斌 摘譯自 路透社

原文如下：

Norway to Spend $1.8 Billion on World's First Full-Scale CCS Chain

Norway said on Monday it would finance 16.8 billion crowns ($1.83 billion) out of an estimated total investment of 25.1 billion crowns for what could be the world's first full-scale carbon capture and storage (CCS) project.

CCS has been cited by governments, energy companies and industry for decades as central to plans to reduce emissions and move to a lower-carbon future, but development has been slow and there are few commercial projects in existence in the world.

Under the plan, the Norwegian government would finance Northern Lights, a joint venture between European oil majors Equinor, Shell and Total that would transport and bury the captured emissions in an offshore geological formation in the North Sea.

Oslo would also fund a carbon capture project at a cement factory in southern Norway operated by Germany's Heidelberg Cement.

The government would also finance a facility at a waste incineration plant in Oslo operated by Finland's Fortum - if the latter can find external financial support.

Named Longship after the vessel used by Vikings, the project was a "milestone in the Government's industry and climate efforts", Prime Minister Erna Solberg said.

"The project will lead to emission cuts and facilitate development of new technology and thus new jobs," she told a news conference.

This is the second time the oil-producing nation has tried to launch CCS. A decade ago Norway tried to capture greenhouse gas emissions at a gas power plant.