Denmark opens major carbon storage site in North Sea
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Ineos, an energy group, began burying carbon dioxide (CO₂) beneath an old oil platform in the North Sea off the coast of Denmark on September 18th.
The Greensand project aims to store 400,000 tonnes of CO₂ annually in its first phase, with plans to increase this to 4 to 8 million tonnes per year by 2030. The captured CO₂, mostly from Danish biomethane plants, will travel by ship from Esbjerg in southwestern Denmark to the Nini West platform for storage.
European leaders celebrated the opening as a step toward reducing emissions from industries like cement and steel, which are difficult to decarbonize. The European Union has legally committed to storing at least 50 million tonnes of CO₂ annually by 2030, and Denmark’s project will contribute to this goal. Norway also operates a commercial CO₂ storage facility, Northern Lights, with a current capacity of 1.5 million tonnes per year, expanding to 5 million tonnes by the end of the decade.
