Aker Solutions Secures FEED Contract for CO₂ Terminal in Lithuania

Oslo, Norway – Aker Solutions has been awarded a front-end engineering and design (FEED) contract by KN Energies to develop a carbon dioxide (CO₂) transshipment terminal in Klaipėda, Lithuania. The project is a key component of the CCS Baltic Consortium, aiming to establish the first cross-border carbon capture, transport and storage (CCS) network in the Baltic region.

Project Details and Significance

The planned terminal, recognized as a Project of Common Interest by the European Commission, will have an estimated capacity of 2.8 million tonnes of CO₂ per year. It will receive CO₂ from industrial sources in Lithuania, Latvia, and potentially other Baltic Sea countries, providing temporary storage before shipment to permanent geological storage sites in the North Sea. The project is co-funded by the European Union under the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) for Energy programme.

Aker Solutions’ Role and Expertise

As part of the FEED contract, Aker Solutions will refine the technical design specifications of the infrastructure, building upon previous technical evaluations and assessing potential expansion opportunities. The company brings over three decades of experience in CO₂ infrastructure projects, encompassing the entire CCS value chain – from carbon capture integration to CO₂ transport, terminal infrastructure, and permanent storage.

“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,” said Henrik Inadomi, executive vice president of New Energies at Aker Solutions. Aker Solutions

KN Energies’ Vision

KN Energies, an international energy terminal operator, views the project as a crucial step towards providing reliable and scalable CO₂ logistics services for industrial emitters in Lithuania and Latvia.

“The successful procurement of a FEED contractor for Klaipeda 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,” stated Linas Kilda, chief business development officer at KN Energies. KN Energies

Project Timeline

The FEED phase is scheduled for completion in the third quarter of 2026, involving over 100 Aker Solutions staff from Norway, India, and the UK. A final investment decision is planned for 2027, with the CO₂ terminal targeted to be commercially operational by 2030. Gasworld