AARHUS: Aarhus Municipality's goal of climate neutrality in 2030 has come under pressure after a unanimous city council decided that Kredsløb will not seek the state's billion-dollar fund for CO2 capture. The decision means a halt to plans for a capture plant in Lisbjerg, which otherwise constitutes a large single contribution to the municipality's climate plan.
According to the politicians, the financial risk is too great.
If the project fails within the framework of the state fund, it could have significant consequences for the municipality's finances. The politicians are thus refusing to proceed with a project that is estimated to be able to capture up to 435,000 tons of CO2 per year.
Mayor Anders Winnerskjold (S) emphasizes in a press release that the decision makes it difficult to achieve the municipality's climate goals:
- We have a strong climate project from Kredsløb, but the current framework conditions for CO2 capture and the terms of the state pool make the economy so uncertain that we cannot justify implementing it. Despite a solid municipal economy, we risk, in the worst case, massive savings in welfare and being placed under state administration. It has by no means been an easy decision, because it also makes it difficult to achieve the goal of climate neutrality in 2030, he says.
However, the mayor hopes that CO2 capture can be resumed at a later date.
Alderman for Technology and Environment Nicolaj Bang (K) also points out that the opt-out of CO2 capture is pushing the municipality's climate goals.
- It challenges our climate goals if we do not remove the CO2 that comes out of the chimney at Energipark Lisbjerg, he says.
Kredsløb was among the ten companies that were prequalified to bid for the CCS pool of a total of 28.7 billion. DKK, but without political support, the company will not submit a final bid before the deadline of December 17.
Anders Winnerskjold and Nicolaj Bang are now calling the conciliation group behind the climate plan to a meeting in early 2026 to discuss the goal of CO2 neutrality and what paths Aarhus now has left.
City council member from the Social Democratic Party and Chairperson of the Climate and Sustainability Committee in Aarhus Municipality Liv Gro Jensen is annoyed that the terms for applying for support for Carbon Capture are so risky for us as a municipality to enter into:
- The government must and must address this as soon as possible, she says.
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