A week ago, the Danish Energy Agency awarded the first permits in Danish history to investigate onshore CO2 storage. Among the recipients of the permits were Wintershall Dea and Ineos, who won the right to investigate the possibilities for storing CO2 underground at Gassum, which is located between Randers and Hobro.
Wintershall Dea and Ineos, who are partners in the Greenport Scandinavia consortium, which will make the Port of Hirtshals the largest CCUS hub in Northern Europe. And in parallel with their upcoming studies of the subsoil at Gassum, work will be carried out on planning a pipeline for transporting CO2 between the Port of Hirtshals and Gassum.
The Port of Hirtshals is advantageously located in relation to the loading and unloading of CO2, and is being established as a hub with facilities for intermediate storage for CO2 on its way to underground storage both on land and at sea. Therefore, the port sees the permit to the consortium partners as a step towards realizing the ambitions of Greenport Scandinavia. The port states this in a statement.
- The award of the Gassum license not only promotes Greenport Scandinavia's vision, but also supports the relevance for the expansion of the Port of Hirtshals. With this new license, we can now integrate both shipping and loading of CO2 into the project, which significantly increases our overall capacity, says Hirtshals Port CEO, Per Holm Nørgaard.
In dialogue with several large CO2 emitters
From 2026, CO2 will be stored in the Greensand area in the Danish part of the North Sea with shipping from Hirtshals. With onshore storage under Gassum, it is expected that there will be the possibility of storing in two places with the Port of Hirtshals as a hub.
- Having two storage sites means that we can handle much larger amounts of CO2, which is incredibly exciting, says Per Holm Nørgaard.
The Port of Hirtshals is well placed to receive CO2 from Germany, Sweden, Norway and the Baltic countries, which cannot store underground themselves. The dialogue is already underway with many large CO2 emitters who need CO2 storage in the coming years and see the Port of Hirtshals as a very good intermediate station before safe, permanent storage of CO2 underground, the port informs.
The partnership behind Greenport Scandinavia was launched in December 2022
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