Since September 30, the Danish Energy Agency has been running a tender where companies could apply for a permit to explore and use the subsoil for storing CO2 in the Thorning area in Central Denmark. The tender expired today, and the Danish Energy Agency has received two applications from the following players in the form of Norne Thorning Storage ApS and Storegga Danmark ApS. This is stated by the agency in a press release.
"In the coming time, the Danish Energy Agency will review the applications and assess the applicants' technical and financial capacity and the work programs that the companies have offered in the applications. Before a permit is granted, the Minister for Climate, Energy and Utilities, Lars Aagaard, must submit a report to the Danish Parliament's Climate, Energy and Utilities Committee on which permit is to be issued," the agency says in the press release about the further process.
The Danish subsoil contains good geological conditions for storing CO2 in several places. Five Danish onshore areas have been identified as potentially suitable for safe storage of CO2 far below the surface of the earth. Earlier this year, a number of companies were granted permission to explore three onshore areas in Rydby, Gassum and Havnsø respectively. At that time, the Thorning area was also put out to tender, but no one bid. That is it for now.
Now the Danish Energy Agency must assess whether some of the bids that have been submitted for the Thorning permit meet the requirements. If some of the bidders are approved, the permit to investigate the subsoil will initially be granted for up to six years with the possibility of extension to a total of ten years. If the area meets all environmental requirements and is found to be suitable for storing CO2, the permit holder has priority to apply for a storage permit. The storage permit can last for up to 30 years with the possibility of extension.
Three permits have also previously been granted for studies with a view to CO2 storage in the Danish part of the North Sea.
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