For the first time ever, the Danish Energy Agency has granted a permit for CO2 storage in Danish underground. The permit has been granted for the Project Greensands pilot project, the Danish Energy Agency said in a statement.
On 30 August 2022, Ineos E&P and Wintershall Dea applied to the Danish Energy Agency for a permit for geological storage of CO2 with the aim of testing, developing and demonstrating that CO2 can be stored in the former Nini West oil field in the North Sea, and that permit has now been given the green light.
- This is the first time a permit has been granted for a CO2 storage project in Denmark. The Greensand pilot project is therefore an important step in developing the methods and technology for cost-effective, environmentally and safely sound CO2 storage in Denmark, says Henrik Sulsbrück, Head of Office at the Danish Energy Agency.
Specifically, the permit allows up to 15,000 tons of CO2 to be injected in the pilot phase of Project Greensand. The permit is valid for a period of four months and expires on April 1, 2023.
A decisive step
At Project Greensand, we are pleased with the approval from the Danish authorities.
- We are very pleased that the Danish Energy Agency has now given the green light for us, as the first in Denmark, to store CO2 in the North Sea subsoil in connection with the pilot phase of Project Greensand. There is a lot of work behind the permit from the Danish Energy Agency, and we would like to acknowledge that, says Project Director at Project Greensand, Søren Reinhold Poulsen, and continues:
- It is a crucial step for Project Greensand, where in the pilot phase we are working to test, develop and demonstrate that CO2 can be safely stored in the North Sea subsoil - as a significant contribution to the green transition in Denmark, he says.
In addition to Ineos E&P and Wintershall Dea, the consortium behind Project Greensand consists of 21 Danish and international companies and organizations that are working to make a contribution to the green transition in Denmark through the storage of CO2 under the seabed in the North Sea.
In December 2021, EUDP awarded Project Greensand 197 million kroner with the aim of developing and demonstrating CO2 storage in the North Sea.
In 2025, Project Greensand has the ambition to store 1.5 million tons of CO2 in the area, while the plan is to store up to 8 million tons of CO2 per year from 2030.
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