COPENHAGEN (dpa-AFX) – Denmark has issued the first permits to enable companies to store CO2 under the seabed of the North Sea on a larger scale. The approvals went to the TotalEnergies group and a consortium of the companies Ineos and the BASF subsidiary (BASF) Wintershall Dea, the Danish Ministry of Climate announced on Monday. The work could then begin immediately. It is therefore expected that as part of the two projects from 2030 up to 13 million tons of carbon dioxide can be stored annually under the Danish part of the North Sea.
According to the Danish energy authority, the ministry has recommended that the first three approvals for research into large-scale CO2 storage in the North Sea be awarded to the companies in question. It is an important step in realizing Denmark’s CCS strategy, the authority said. CCS stands for “Carbon capture and storage”. In the process, emitted CO2 is captured and pumped underground.
The project by TotalEnergies is called Bifrost, that of the consortium of Ineos and Wintershall Dea is called Greensand. Greensand had already received approval from the energy authority two months ago for a pilot project to store up to 15,000 tons of CO2 in a former oil field in the North Sea./trs/DP/stw
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