A new EU grant from Interreg Øresund-Kattegat-Skagerrak will support the establishment of a cross-border cooperation on CCUS in the Øresund region. The goal is to accelerate the use of renewable energy by coupling captured biogenic CO2 with green hydrogen and thereby support the production of sustainable fuels for, among other things, shipping and aviation. This is stated by Copenhagen Malmö Port in a press release.
The project builds on a completed preliminary project and is now entering a three-year main effort, where Danish and Swedish positions of strength are gathered in a joint Center of Excellence with an anchor at Copenhagen Malmö Port (CMP). By providing land, infrastructure and its commercial position in the value chain, CMP and the project partners will support testing and demonstration of solutions for CO2 handling, intermediate storage and coupling to green energy production.
CMP is the lead project partner through the innovation hub Ocean Valley. The consortium also includes E.ON Energy Infrastructure, Green2x, Nordion Energi, Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping, Sustainable Business Hub Scandinavia, SYSAV, Öresundskraft, CLEAN and Copenhagen Capacity.
- The project emphasizes that CMP and Ocean Valley, together with the project partners, play a key strategic role as a hub for regional CCUS logistics in the Øresund region. With our infrastructure, partner network and strong maritime position, we can help realize a CCUS corridor in Øresund, reduce emissions and support the supply of sustainable fuels of the future, for which there is a huge need, says Barbara Scheel Agersnap, CEO of CMP.
With a total budget of just over 1.2 million EUR, of which an EU contribution of approximately 740,000 EUR, the project includes analyses of synergies in the CCUS value chain, market development, political strategy and policy work, international marketing of the Øresund region as a CCUS hub, as well as work with financing and partnerships. There are also plans to establish a green CCUS corridor across national borders.
- With the EU grant, we can bring together actors across national borders and systematically move from individual national initiatives to exploring how we can best support a coordinated, cross-border ecosystem for CCUS and renewable energy. The goal is to translate knowledge, strategies and cooperation into concrete, regional results that will boost CCUS development in the region. The Center of Excellence can become the lasting collaboration platform that supports implementation and scalability in the long term, says Kristoffer Møller Vendelbo, project manager for Ocean Valley.
The project links to CMP's existing activities within CCUS and energy logistics, including the work with a CO2 hub in Malmö and the collaboration with Green2x on large-scale biomethane production in the port. Overall, the effort is to strengthen the Øresund Region's role in the European green transition and the development of future energy systems.
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