Danish companies Norne and the Port of Aalborg are moving forward with the development of a large-scale CO₂ hub, designed to handle up to 15 million tonnes of carbon dioxide per year.
The project has received the green light after securing funding through the EU’s Connecting Europe Facility. The grant will co-finance the construction of a new quay, which will support Norne’s CO₂ reception facilities. These facilities will serve multiple Danish onshore and near-shore CO₂ storage sites, as well as support industrial CO₂ applications and the development of low-carbon fuels.
The Norne Carbon Storage Hub, operated by Fidelis New Energy, was first unveiled four years ago. It is designed to receive and store CO₂ from both Danish and European emitters. Front-end engineering and design (FEED) studies have already been completed for the reception facility and a connecting pipeline to nearby storage infrastructure.
Kristian Thulesen Dahl, CEO of the Port of Aalborg, expressed enthusiasm about strengthening the partnership with Norne as the project moves into the development phase.
In parallel developments across Denmark’s growing carbon management sector:
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E.ON and Danish waste management firm ARC recently signed an agreement to develop a carbon capture project at CopenHill, a waste-to-energy facility in Copenhagen.
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INEOS, a UK-based chemicals company, has selected Svanehøj, part of US-based ITT, to supply CO₂ pumps for Project Greensand, a major offshore carbon storage initiative in the Danish North Sea.
These projects underscore Denmark’s leadership in advancing carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies to meet its climate goals and support European decarbonization.