Ground has been broken on Project Greensand’s CO2 transit terminal in Esbjerg – billed as the first gateway for carbon storage in the EU.
Liquefied CO2 from several Danish biogas plants will be captured and transported by truck to the terminal, where it will be temporarily stored in six large holding tanks, each capable of holding around 1,000 tonnes.
When the tanks are full, the liquid CO2 will be loaded onto a dedicated carrier from Royal Wagenborg and shipped to the Ineos Nini platform in the North Sea, where it will be injected via pipeline into subsurface reservoirs and permanently stored 1,800 metres beneath the seabed. The EasyMax vessel will receive a ceremonial launch on 14 May ahead of operations starting late 2025 or early 2026.
In December 2024, Ineos and partners Harbour Energy and Nordsøfonden took final investment decision to launch the commercial phase of Greensand. This paves the way for expected investments of over DKK1bn to scale the storage capacity across the carbon capture and storage (CCS) value chain.
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