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EUDP allocates DKK 30 million to Denmark’s first CCS-pilot plant

Insight

EUDP allocates DKK 30 million to Denmark’s first CCS-pilot plant

The ARC (Amager Resource Center) incineration plant will receive DKK 30 million in funding from EUDP to build a pilot version of the first carbon capture and storage (CCS) project in a Danish incineration plant. The final version is expected to capture 95 % of emitted CO2 from ARC

When

Construction of Denmark’s first CCS-project in an incineration plant will commence in spring 2021 as ARC and partners (Rambøll, DTU and Union Engineering) is planning a pilot project that will capture 12 tonnes CO2 per day. On 24 June, EUDP announced that DKK 30 million will be allocated which amounts to half of the cost of the project.

The EUDP (Energy Technology Development and Demonstration Program)

EUDP supports both foreign and Danish companies and universities to develop and demonstrate new energy technologies. EUDP can support energy technologies widely such as renewable energy technologies, energy efficiency technologies, conversion technologies such as fuel cells and hydrogen, integration of energy systems including storage, more efficient methods for recovery of oil and gas and storage of CO2.



The deadline for applications is 4 September 2020.



https://ens.dk/en/our-responsibilities/research-development/eudp


The announcement follows the publication of the first part of the Danish government’s climate action plan that includes CCS as one of seven action points to reduce GHGemissions.

The focus on CCS is not a sign of reduced ambitions for the green transition, rather it is a useful tool to reduce emissions and reach climate targets.

The climate action plan includes a 20-year market-based pool of yearly funds increasing from DKK 202 million in 2024 to DKK 815 million in 2029 going forward.

The climate action plan allows capture, transport and storage of CO2 in Denmark in the future under conditions that are environmentally responsible and meet safety standards.


The government’s 2020 climate action plan

The climate action plan presents concrete initiatives to reach the 2019 climate law target of reducing emissions by 70% before 2030 compared to 1990 levels.

On 22 June the government passed the first part of the climate action plan with concrete action points to reduce emissions in the energy sector and industry by 3.4 million tonnes in 2030.

The climate action plan positions Denmark as a global leader in the green transition with ambitious plans for energy islands, and the expansion of green energy technologies such as CCS and power-to-X.

Project manager for the pilot CCS-plant at ARC, Peter Blinksbjerg, highlights a unique opportunity since ARC is connected to the district heating system: “It gives us the opportunity to create the cheapest possible CO2 reductions since we can reuse the energy from the carbon capture process in the district heating system”.

He further refers to other projects that do not recycle the excess heat, such as a planned CCS plant in Oslo that will discharge heat into the ocean.

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