Gassnova (Norwegian state company for CCS)

Funds Norwegian carbon capture and storage progress through demonstration support and deployment guidance for industrial sectors.

Gassnova SF is Norway's state enterprise for carbon capture and storage, reporting to the Ministry of Energy and established in 2007. Its role is to promote technology development and capacity building for capture, transport, and storage of CO2, and it also provides technical advice to government on CCS policy and projects. The annual funding envelope in the record is NOK 80 million.

The main funding route is CLIMIT, which is split between CLIMIT-R&D through the Research Council of Norway and CLIMIT-Demo through Gassnova. Idea studies can receive up to NOK 200,000, while larger demonstration projects co-finance pilots across capture, transport, storage, hydrogen with capture, monitoring, and direct air capture. The programme expects a credible long-term storage pathway as part of the climate solution.

Gassnova is a specialist operator rather than a broad climate fund. It is most relevant to teams that need CCS-specific public co-funding and can show technical readiness, cost discipline, and a clear path to scale. Longship and the Technology Centre Mongstad sit alongside the funding role as part of Norway's wider CCS platform.