Aker Solutions has been awarded a front-end engineering and design (FEED) contract by KN Energies to support the development of the company’s CO₂ transshipment terminal infrastructure project in Klaipėda, Lithuania. The project forms part of the CCS Baltic Consortium, which aims to develop the first cross-border carbon capture, transport, and storage (CCS) network in the Baltic region. The Klaipėda terminal infrastructure development is recognized as a project of common interest by the European Commission and is co-funded by the European Union under the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) for Energy programme.
The planned CO₂ transshipment terminal in Klaipėda is expected to have a capacity of approximately 2.8 million tonnes of CO₂ per year. The terminal will receive CO₂ from industrial sources in Lithuania and Latvia, as well as across the wider Baltic region, for temporary storage before being transported by ship to long-term geological storage sites located beneath the seabed in the North Sea.
The FEED phase is scheduled for completion in the third quarter of 2026 and will involve more than 100 Aker Solutions employees from across Norway, India and the UK. The targeted commercial operational date for the Klaipėda CO₂ terminal is 2030, with a final investment decision planned for 2027.
“Building on more than 30 years of CCS experience, as well as learnings from first-of-a-kind projects such as Northern Lights, Brevik and Oslo CCS, we are proud to support KN Energies in realizing this flagship project, which is of great importance to the Baltic region, as well as wider Europe.”
“The successful procurement of a FEED contractor for Klaipėda liquid CO₂ terminal marks an important milestone in CCS Baltic Consortium development and commitment of KN Energies to further increase maturity of this project of EU Common Interest. I am confident that by combining KN Energies’ proven global operational experience in marine cryogenic and liquid terminals management, with Aker Solutions’ deep engineering expertise – built across decades of delivering complex CO₂, energy, and cryogenic infrastructure projects worldwide – places KN Energies in a strong position to provide efficient and scalable solutions for the Baltic region.” – Henrik Inadomi, Executive Vice President of New Energies at Aker Solutions
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