Join the French CCS Business Delegation to Norway
The delegation ran 9–12 March 2026 across Oslo, Brevik, and Bergen, for French companies seeking access to Norwegian carbon capture and storage (CCS) infrastructure, operators, and public stakeholders. The page connects the mission to the June 2025 Norway–France agreement on cross-border CO₂ transport and storage, which enables French captured emissions to be stored beneath the North Sea. Organizers: Innovation Norway, Royal Norwegian Embassy in Paris, and French-Norwegian Chamber of Commerce.
Programme: Day 1 in Oslo (09:00–12:30) included a Ministry of Foreign Affairs session with speakers from the Ministry of Energy, Bellona, Gassnova, and the Norwegian CO₂ Association on policy, energy markets, government initiatives, and the national framework, with lunch at the ministry. Afternoon/evening (12:30–21:30) was for curated B2B meetings with Norwegian technology providers and a networking reception at the French Ambassador’s residence. Day 2 began with a visit to Hafslund Celsio, whose waste-to-energy district-heating plant was expected to capture around 350,000 tonnes of CO₂ annually from Q3 2029; participants then visited Heidelberg Materials’ Brevik cement facility, which the page describes as the world’s first full-scale cement-sector CCS plant and says began operating in 2025, before flying to Bergen. Day 3 included a morning visit to Northern Lights, a joint venture of Equinor, Shell, and TotalEnergies for shipping and permanent subsea storage of European CO₂, followed by Technology Centre Mongstad, described as the world’s largest and most flexible CO₂-capture test facility and an R&D competence centre. The optional half-day on Day 4 was a DNV Test Centre visit in Bergen, with timing intended to allow the direct 12:40 Bergen–Paris flight.
The listed price was €1,500 per company for one person (marked TBC), covering lunches and dinners on Days 1–3 and bus transport to industrial sites. Participants were to book/pay their own flights and Oslo/Bergen accommodation, including the Torp–Bergen flight. The page links to CCUS and energy information.