Norne and Port of Aalborg in Denmark to build CO2 terminal

Carbon dioxide project Norne and Port of Aalborg, both in Denmark, are to develop a CO2 hub which aims to handle 15 million tonnes a year.

The hub has received the go-ahead after securing an EU Connecting Europe facility grant.

The financing will co-fund the development of a new quay to support the Norne CO2 reception facilities serving multiple Danish onshore and near-shore CO2 storage facilities, as well as the use of CO2 in industrial applications and decarbonised fuels.

The Norne Carbon Storage Hub, a Fidelis New Energy company, was unveiled four years ago. It will receive and store CO2 from Danish and European customers.

Norne has completed the front-end engineering and design studies for both the CO2 reception facility and a connecting pipeline to nearby CO2 storage.

Kristian Thulesen Dahl, CEO of the Port of Aalborg, sad he looked forward to building on the relationship with Norne.

European energy company E.ON and Danish waste management firm ARC recently signed a deal to partner on the development of a carbon capture project at Copenhagen’s CopenHill waste-to-energy facility in Denmark.

UK chemicals company Ineos has chosen US group ITT’s Svanehøj unit, based in Denmark, to supply CO2 pumps for Project Greensand, a carbon storage project in the Danish North Sea.