In Norway, carbon capture developer Carbon Centric AS has held the official inauguration of its carbon capture facility at the Østfold Energi AS Rakkestad waste-to-energy (WtE) plant.
Founded in 2021 by Fredrik Häger, Kenneth Juul, and Østfold Energi, Carbon Centric operates on a carbon capture “build-own-operate” model.
September 29, 2025, marked the start of operations at Carbon Centric’s carbon capture installation at Østfold Energi’s waste-to-energy (WtE) plant in Rakkestad, as the first batch of food-grade liquefied carbon dioxide (LCO2) had been approved and delivered to the customer.
This marked a major milestone for the emerging carbon capture industry in Norway, as it is the country’s first operational carbon capture plant outside the Norwegian government’s Longship project, and it is also the world’s first waste incineration plant equipped with the capacity for full carbon capture.
This is a landmark day for Carbon Centric, for Rakkestad – and for the climate. Delivering our first tonnes of captured CO2 proves that the technology works in practice and that we can help build a new green industry. I’m incredibly proud of the teamwork behind this achievement – it is the result of a strong and dedicated team, said Fredrik Häger, CEO and Co-founder of Carbon Centric.
On October 16, 2025, the company hosted an official inauguration ceremony, officiated by, amongst others, State Secretary Astrid Bergmål from the Norwegian Ministry of Energy and the French Ambassador to Norway, Florence Robine.
First-of-its-kind facility
The Rakkestad plant is Carbon Centric’s first full-scale facility – the first-of-its-kind carbon capture and utilisation (CCU) in Norway and among the very first worldwide.
It captures CO2 from Østfold Energi’s waste-to-energy plant and makes the gas available as a recycled, food-grade raw material for a range of industries.
The plant is currently being certified by DNV to comply with FSSC 22 000. With a capture capacity of around 10,000 tonnes of CO2 per annum, the facility is designed to handle the flue gas from the incinerator at full scale.
Growing portfolio
The Rakkestad CCU is the first in a growing portfolio of projects that Carbon Centric is developing in Norway and across the Nordics.
Next in line is a carbon capture project from a bioenergy plant (BECCS) at Kirkenær together with Solør Bioenergi, aiming to capture around 32,000 tonnes of biogenic carbon dioxide (bioCO2) annually.
These kinds of projects can generate carbon dioxide removal (CDR) if the captured gas is sent to permanent storage, and the Kirkenær project is expected to start generating CDR certificates from 2028.
