- We would like to jointly establish Northern Europe's largest CO2 hub in Greenport Scandinavia, where we are seven companies working to realize it, says Hirtshal's port director, Per Holm Nørgaard.
p>The seven companies in Greenport Scandinavia consist of Ineos, Wintershall Dea, Biocarb Solution and Aalborg Portland as well as Green Port North and Hirtshals Havn. There is also a reason why it should be Hirtshals who ensures such a leading role.
- We have the geography and location needed to make it possible. We work very hard to realize our goals, he explains and elaborates:
- We have received 109 million. DKK from the national support pool EUDP (The Energy Technology Development and Demonstration Program ed.), and now we have to go out and realize it with the DKK 156 million. DKK, which we have to contribute ourselves, says the port director.
It is therefore roughly calculated at a quarter of a billion. DKK to launch something that can become extremely large. There is also respect for the size of the amount.
- It's not just small change that we throw into a machine here, and the parties have to pick it up, he explains about the self-payment of the 156 million. DKK.
- There are many things to decide on, which will naturally be the case when there is an investment of DKK 250 million. DKK, adds Per Holm Nørgaard.
The goals must be realized
When DOI.dk visited Hirtshals Harbor back in January 2022, Per Holm Nørgaard a cautious approach, and nothing was announced until it was very certain. The approach is the same in 2024, and the port director also gets a smile on his face when asked what the difference is between then and now with the projects, which in the port industry are often referred to as "birds on the roof".
- Where we are now, there are birds on the roof, and they must come down by hand. This must become something together with the good private companies, explains Per Holm Nørgaard and elaborates on the port's role:
- We are the industrial platform on which companies must build. And it is a change from the traditional port infrastructure that someone built before me. We have a fantastically solid port, and we must have that in the future. But there must also be development.
Praise to the port
Reinhold Poulsen, who is head of producing assets for CCS at Ineos and chairman of the steering committee at Greenport Scandinavia, gave this rationale for why the Port of Hirtshals was chosen during last Thursday's visit by the Austrian finance minister Magnus Brunner and the German parliamentarian Oliver Grundmann:
- There is a good mindset here at Green Port North and Hirtshals Havn, which we liked, said the Ineos man.
The port director himself had not noticed the words of praise, but he now knows what it might be about.
- I guess it's about seeing the possibilities rather than the limitations. Specifically, we have an open and transparent dialogue. This is how we get through the challenges together, explains Per Holm Nørgaard.
If CCS becomes the huge success that is on the cards now, there is no doubt at the port what the revenue will be used for.
- We must run a good port and also in the future offer even better conditions for customers. We must constantly provide great facilities for our customers, concludes Per Holm Nørgaard.
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