Yara opens Europe’s largest carbon capture facility

The project establishes the first complete cross-border value chain for capturing, transporting, and permanently storing CO₂, demonstrating how carbon capture and storage (CCS) can deliver significant emissions reductions from our existing industrial infrastructure.

Yara Sluiskil, Europe’s largest ammonia and fertiliser plant, can capture and liquefy up to 800,000 tonnes of CO₂ from ammonia production each year. The captured CO₂ will be transported by Northern Lights to Norway, where it will be permanently stored approximately 2,600 metres beneath the seabed. Over the next 15 years, the project is expected to capture and store around 12 million tonnes of CO₂. This isn't a pilot. It's industrial-scale climate action, using established technology to reduce emissions from fertiliser production at scale. 

This new facility is an important step in increasing the availability of Yara Climate Choice Fertilisers in the UK. As farmers begin to think about crop nutrition strategies for 2027 and beyond, lower-carbon fertilisers provide a practical way to reduce the carbon footprint associated with crop production without requiring a change in the way fertiliser is handled or applied. 

For farmers, the fertiliser performs in the same way, the difference is in how it is produced and its resulting lower carbon footprint. This means farmers can continue to focus on yield, crop quality and efficient nutrient use, while helping reduce farm and food emissions.