Norway, April 27 -- DNV has been appointed Independent Certifier for the Northern Endurance Partnership (NEP), the CO? transport and storage project underpinning the UK's East Coast Cluster. Selected by NEP, an international joint venture, with approval from the Office of Gas and Electricity Markets (Ofgem), DNV will verify that the project's construction and operation comply with the carbon dioxide transport and storage licence (CO2 T&S Licence) granted by the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero.NEP will transport CO? captured from industrial emitters in Teesside for permanent storage beneath the southern North Sea. DNV's scope spans the full transport chain, from receipt of CO? at the compression facility, through conditio...