CCS: Carbon capture and storage

Climate

Carbon capture and storage is one of the most important tools in the efforts to reduce emissions from sectors that find it the most challenging to adapt to, and meet, international climate goals.

There is no avoiding CO2 capture and storage (CCS), when it comes to meeting our climate goals.

The first CCS funding pool has been agreed upon, and the first licenses for exploration and storage of CO2 on land, and in the Danish North Sea area, have been awarded. Meanwhile the Danish Parliament has passed a new law on the pipeline transportation of CO2, which creates the framework for the establishment of a new CO2 infrastructure. This means that, in the coming years, we will see a scaling up of projects all over the country.

Several things are also happening on the international stage. Denmark has signed multiple agreements that make it possible to transport CO2 across national borders, including France, Norway, Sweden and Belgium. Last year, Denmark also hosted the EU's annual CCUS Forum, where an international declaration on CO2 capture and storage was signed.

The next round of CCS Pool tendering, as well as the award of licenses for the exploration and storage (of CO2) close to the Danish coast, and much more, are upcoming.

In Denmark, it is the Danish Energy Agency that manages the award of licenses for the exploration and storage of CO2 underground.

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Political agreements

International agreements

Cooperation agreement with Austria on CO2 capture, use and storage

Joint statement Pau (signed version can be found here: Joint statement - signed)

Bilateral agreement on the transportation of CO2 DK-NO

Bilateral agreement on the transportation of CO2 DK-SE

Bilateral agreement on the transportation of CO2 DK-FR

Bilateral agreement on the transportation of CO2 DK-BE

Bilateral agreement on the transportation of CO2 DK-NL

Aalborg declaration

What is CCS?

Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is a way of reducing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions through the process of capturing CO2 from chimneys and storing it underground. Carbon capture and storage can thereby help reduce some of the emissions that are otherwise most difficult to get rid of, such as from combined heat and power plants and cement production.

The Danish subsoil is particularly suitable for storing CO2, with the expected capacity of several hundred times Denmark's current CO2 emissions.

IEA's webpage on CCS