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Project Greensand: why it matters for CCUS and what Denmark did right
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Report summary
On the 8th March 2023, CO2 injection was initiated at the Project Greensand pilot. During the pilot phase, CO2 captured from Belgium will be transported cross-border via ship to Denmark, where it will be stored offshore in the depleted Nini West reservoir. This is the first project globally to demonstrate the feasibility of cross-border, offshore CO2 storage across the full value chain – from capture, to transport, through to storage. In the space of three years, Denmark has installed the necessary CCUS support and policy to launch the project, placing it as a frontrunner in the global CCUS industry.
Table of contents
- Executive summary
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Demonstration of the full CCUS value chain
- Capture: INEOS ethylene oxide plant
- Transport: container shipping
- Storage: depleted Nini West reservoir
- Monitoring
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Aligning ambition with regulation
- What Denmark did right
- The London Protocol and cross-border CO 2 transport
- Is Denmark’s policy reform done and dusted?
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Growing Greensand
- From pilot to commercial scale
- Future expansion
- Commercial scale CO 2 transport – to ship, or not to ship?
- An international hub for CO 2 emissions
- Looking at the bigger picture
Tables and charts
This report includes the following images and tables:
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Map of the Greensand pilot locationsTable of key CCUS policy, regulation and funding initiatives in DenmarkMap of global London Protocol statusEurope's announced capture and storage capacity by country
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