Norway plans facility to capture carbon emissions.Norway Norway, Nor. Norge, officially Kingdom of Norway, constitutional monarchy (2005 est. pop. 4,593,000), 125,181 sq mi (324,219 sq km), N Europe, occupying the western part of the Scandinavian peninsula. has announced it will finance a project to capture and store carbon dioxide carbon dioxide, chemical compound, CO2, a colorless, odorless, tasteless gas that is about one and one-half times as dense as air under ordinary conditions of temperature and pressure. emissions. Energy industry officials have sought state help in cutting financial and legal barriers blocking C[O.sub.2] storage. Norway's left-center government will carry out the project with oil company Statoil, Reuter's News Service reports. The plan would create a technology company to capture and store C[O.sub.2] in Mongstad, where Statoil plans to build a gas-fired power plant to feed its nearby refinery. The state would initially own 80 percent of the company, Reuters Reuters British cooperative news agency. Founded in 1851 by Paul Julius Reuter, it was initially concerned with commercial news but began to serve a growing newspaper clientele after the London Morning Advertiser subscribed in 1858. said. "We see this as primarily a technology development project, which could lead to cost cuts that allow companies to do similar projects without public support," Petroleum and Energy Minister Odd Roger Enoksen Odd Roger Enoksen (born September 25, 1954 in Andøy) is a Norwegian politician representing the Norwegian Centre Party. Having an agronomist education, he previously worked as a farmer. He was first elected to Parliament in 1989, after a career in local politics. told Reuters. Enoksen said Norway may spend $594 million in building the facility. The goal is to capture 100,000 tons of C[O.sub.2] in 2010 with a final capacity of 1.3 million tons in 2014. |
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