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Denmark opens consultation on its first offshore CCS project (2.4 MtCO2)

The Danish Energy Agency has initiated a public consultation process for the environmental impact report of the Greensand Future CO2 storage project in the Danish North Sea. The report supports the application of Denmark’s first CO2 storage initiative under the broader Greensand Future project, which aims to use the former oil field, Nini West, to store around 0.3 MtCO2/ year for eight years (2.4 MtCO2 in total). The project is led by INEOS E&P, Harbour Energy, and Nordsøfonden and it is planned to be located on the Nini West field at approximately 170 km off the west coast of Jutland (northern Denmark), with an offloading system that includes a 6-inch fixed pipeline, concrete mattresses, and anchors. CO2 will be transported by ship from the port of Esbjerg (Southeastern Denmark) to the platform, where it will be injected into the reservoir and monitored using seismic surveys. Citizens, organizations, and authorities are invited to review the consultation materials from 27 January 2025 to 24 March 2025.

Greensand Future builds on the successful Project Greensand pilot which, in March 2023, demonstrated for the first time the feasibility of cross-border, offshore CO storage across the full value chain - from capture to transport and storage. The project will constitute Denmark’s first full-scale CCS project, operating within the C2023-01 IRIS offshore CO2 storage license.