Capture and storage of CO2 (CCS) has been identified as one of the key tools to achieve Danish and European climate goals. Now a small step has been taken on the road towards a European large-scale market for CO2.
Denmark, together with the Netherlands and Belgium, has signed agreements with Norway and Sweden that make it possible to transport CO2 across the countries' borders for underground storage. This is pushing forward the development of a European infrastructure for CO2 capture and storage and is an important contribution to achieving the EU's climate goals. This is stated by the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Utilities in a press release.
- CO2 capture and storage is one of the absolutely necessary tools we need to achieve our Danish and European climate goals. Therefore, we must ensure climate policy that goes beyond Denmark's borders – and we do so when we open up cross-border cooperation on CO2 capture and storage with the agreements. We must utilize the various resources and experiences we have across Europe so that we can scale up CO2 capture and storage and reduce the difficult emissions into the ground, says Minister for Climate, Energy and Utilities Lars Aagaard (M).
Denmark was the first country in the world to sign an agreement on the transport of CO2 with Belgium, and in recent years Denmark has signed additional agreements with France and the Netherlands that make it possible to transport and store CO2 across borders.
The Danish subsoil is particularly suitable for storing CO2, which is not the case for all European countries. Specifically, there is room in the Danish underground for several hundred years of Danish emissions.
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