Gateway to the Danish CCUS infrastructure:
Greenport Scandinavia
Greenport Scandinavia is a groundbreaking climate project addressing climate challenges by capturing, transporting, and permanently storing CO2 from both biogenic and fossil sources. The project encompasses the entire value chain for Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage (CCUS) and aims to establish Europe’s largest CO2 hub at the Port of Hirtshals.
In the project's first phase, biogenic CO2 will be transported from local biogas plants to the Port of Hirtshals, and then transported by sea to be permanently stored in depleted oil reservoirs in the North Sea. In the longer term, the project will include CO2 from sites on both land and water, and expand the infrastructure with pipelines from Aalborg. This makes Greenport Scandinavia a pivotal initiative in the development of sustainable and scalable solutions for CO2 management in Europe.
The first full, end-to-end value chain in Denmark
Value Chain
Greenport Scandinavia will support the Paris Agreement (COP21) by creating one of Europe’s largest import and export hubs for CO2 at the Port of Hirtshals.
The project’s value chain will evolve over time and transition from CO2 transport by truck to transport via pipeline from Aalborg to Hirtshals by 2029. The infrastructure is then expected to expand, significantly increasing the volume of CO2. By 2031, the annual CO2 storage volume is anticipated to reach as much as 15 million tons.
What is CCUS?
CCUS stands for Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage and concerns CO2 technologies and systems in industrial value chains and energy production.
CCUS can be divided into two main processes: CCS and CCU.
CCS
CCS stands for Carbon Capture and Storage.
This advanced process has the potential to reduce industrial CO2 emissions by up to 90%, making it a groundbreaking technology for many businesses worldwide.
In CCS processes, CO2 is often liquified at the collection site before transport. Once at the storage site, the liquid CO2 is pumped into the subsurface, where it is stored permanently.
CCU
CCU stands for Carbon Capture and Utilization.
CO2 has the potential to become a high-value product. One example is the use of CO2 in Power-to-X processes where CO2 can be converted into hydrogen (H2), which can then be used as an energy source.
CCU can become an essential part of companies' value chains and a critical means of significantly reducing carbon footprints.