When fully operational, the Greensand facility can store the emissions of 700,000 Danes.
Denmark-based energy company Ineos is launching a facility for storing captured carbon dioxide, which is to become the largest in Europe. Tells about it Danish Broadcasting DR.
The company transports pressurized and liquefied carbon dioxide from the port of Esbjerg to the decommissioned Greensand oil field in the North Sea. CO2 is pumped into the previously oil-filled cavity to a depth of 1.8 kilometers. The cavity is blocked with a thick layer of clay to prevent the gas from flowing out.
In the initial phase, 400,000 tons of carbon dioxide per year will be stored in Greensand.
By 2030, the amount is to be increased to eight million tons per year. This corresponds to the CO2 emissions of 700,000 Danes.
The Danish government’s goal is for the country to be able to store 110 percent of its own emissions of carbon dioxide in 2050, which means that the country could also store a little of other countries’ emissions.