Ørsted, a leading energy company, has partnered with engineering and construction firm MT Group to build a new carbon capture and storage (CCS) facility in Denmark. The project seeks to capture and store 430,000 tonnes of CO2 annually from two Ørsted-operated power plants.
MT Group has been tasked with installing the necessary piping and equipment at Ørsted’s Kalundborg CO2 Hub as part of the project. The company will also oversee the design and integration of the piping system with both the existing woodchip-fired boiler plant and the new CCS facility.
“The signing of this contract is a strong testament to our commitment to driving the renewable energy transition across Europe,” said MT Group CEO Mindaugas Zakaras.
This initiative is a key element of Ørsted’s 20-year contract with the Danish Energy Agency (DEA), aiming to capture emissions from the Asnæs facility in Kalundborg and the Avedøre plant near Copenhagen.
Once captured, the carbon dioxide will be transported to the Northern Lights project in Norway, where it will be geologically stored. Denmark itself Project Greensand and has issued six permits for CO2 storage as part of its broader target of achieving net zero emissions by 2050.
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In June, the DEA established a carbon capture fund with a $2.6 billion budget, which will be distributed annually from 2029 to 2044. Applications will begin in October 2024 when the DEA will release the tender documentation, with contracts to be awarded in April 2026.
The Ørsted plants will be contributing to the broader net zero target Denmark has set itself. According to it the country should be carbon neutral by 2030 with a potential to to capture between 7 and 13.7 million tons of carbon dioxide.
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