On the day it was announced that Ørsted won the tender for the funds in the CCUS pool of eight billion DKK to support the establishment of CO2 capture, transport and storage on a large scale in 2026, Port of Aalborg and Fidelis New Energy are presenting plans to establish new reception facilities that will receive up to four million tons of CO2 annually. This is stated by Port of Aalborg in a statement.
- We are very pleased that the project in Aalborg is now being realized. The new reception facilities will be an important part of our work to support commercially viable climate strategies among European companies going forward. Storage and utilization of CO2 is a central element in most national and international climate ambitions these years, but the energy infrastructure must be in place before we can really accelerate development, says Ulrik Dan Weuder, Managing Director at Fidelis Europe.
The facility for handling captured CO2 will be the first of its kind in Denmark. It will be located at the East Port of Aalborg, where it is expected to receive up to four million tons of greenhouse gases annually from 2026, with the possibility of doubling the capacity in the future. This corresponds to almost 10 percent of Denmark's annual CO2 emissions and half of Denmark's captureable CO2.
In connection with the establishment of the new facilities, which include consisting of 12 large cylinders for storage and a pumping station, Port of Aalborg is investing in the preparation of a new subdivision of 270,000 square meters and in the establishment of a new quay.
Fidelis and Port of Aalborg expect that up to 200 ships per year will call at Aalborg with imported CO2 from emission sources at home and abroad.
- We are extremely proud to be part of this groundbreaking project together with Fidelis, which positions Aalborg and all of Denmark as a crucial center for the future handling of captured CO2 on European soil, says Chairman of the Board of Port of Aalborg, Lasse Frimand Jensen.
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