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Denmark’s first carbon capture project begins construction
6/12/2023
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Ørsted has begun construction of Denmark’s first full-scale carbon capture and storage (CCS) project.
The project is designed to capture and store carbon emissions from the woodchip-fired Asnæs power station in Kalundborg and the straw-fired unit at the Avedøre power station in Greater Copenhagen. It will capture 430,000 t/y of biogenic CO2 from the two combined heat and power (CHP) plants.
Ørsted aims to capture 150,000 t/y of CO2 from the Avedøre plant, with CO2 to be initially transported by lorry to the Asnæs facility until a shared pipeline infrastructure across Zealand has been established.
It plans to capture 280,000 t/y of CO2 from the Asnæs power station, which will also function as a CO2 hub, handling and shipping biogenic carbon from both the Avedøre and Asnæs CHP plants to the Northern Lights storage reservoir in the Norwegian part of the North Sea.
Orsted has teamed up with Norwegian-based Aker Carbon Capture which will deliver five Just Catch units to the CHP plants.
The project was awarded a 20-year contract by the Danish Energy Agency in May 2023 and is expected to begin operation in early 2026.
