There, Sylvi Listhaug met Labor Party leader Jonas Gahr Støre for a duel. Parts of the debate were about the Oslo budget. Støre confronted Listhaug with the big cuts in Oslo’s districts. The Labor leader believed that they could get worse if the FRP insists on cutting property tax even more. – Now you have the chance to show that you mean something to ordinary people, said Støre and referred to the negotiations which are currently going on overtime in Oslo City Hall. – No money should be used – the Progress Party will provide a better budget if there is an agreement, Listhaug replied. But then the carbon capture and storage facility must … no money should be spent on that, said the Frp leader. Sylvi Listhaug repeated that money should not be spent on the facility twice. Ultimatum news has asked her if this is to be considered an ultimatum on behalf of the FRP. – It is our people who negotiate. They can repeat the message about Klemetsrud, Listhaug replies in an SMS. The Progress Party is in tough negotiations with the city council parties and KrF about next year’s Oslo budget. Group leader in the city council, Magnus Birkelund, has not yet responded to news’s inquiry. The Conservative Party’s acting group leader Mehmet Kaan Inan is leading the negotiations. He says that the project is not part of the annual budget for 2025. – There are no grants for it. We look forward to further negotiations and hope to find an agreement, he says. NO MONEY IN 2025: Conservative leader of negotiations Mehmet Kaan Inan. Photo: Hallgeir Braastad / news Exploded with NOK 4 billion The plant for carbon capture at Klemetsrud is estimated to cost NOK 9.5 billion. Capturing CO₂ from the rubbish that is incinerated here is a prerequisite for Oslo to reach the target of a 95 per cent emission cut in 2030. – A total lack of prioritization of the most important tasks, Sylvi Listhaug told news in October. The FRP then accused the city council of having gone behind the party’s back to get the funding in place together with the Labor Party. A new agreement on financing the facility was adopted by Oslo City Council on 23 October. It happened against the votes of the FRP and the independent representative Lars Petter Solås. The plant had then been on hold for a year and a half due to a cost gap of NOK 4 billion. The costs are to be distributed as follows: The state: NOK 2.5 billion Oslo municipality: NOK 2.6 billion Hafslund Celsio: NOK 4.3 billion Hafslund Celsio owns and operates the waste incineration plant at Klemetsrud. This is where the CO2 capture will take place. According to the agreement, Celsio must cover the cost gap beyond the price increase. This will be done by borrowing money from main owner Hafslund. Hafslund is wholly owned by Oslo municipality. Each year, the energy giant contributes large sums in dividends to the city coffers. EMISSION CUT: Carbon capture at Klemetsrud was previously estimated to cut Oslo’s greenhouse gas emissions by 17 percent. Photo: Rolf Petter Olaisen / news Published 06.12.2024, at 10.16 Updated 06.12.2024, at 11.06
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