About Project Norne
Norne seeks to deliver significant climate impact quickly by helping CO2 emitters to decarbonize through receival and transportation of their CO2 emissions for safe and permanent storage deep below the Danish subsurface
What is Norne?
What is an EU Project of Common Interest?
The European Union (“EU”) designates key infrastructure projects as Projects of Common Interest (“PCI”) every two years. PCIs are deemed priority projects for their cross-border contribution to market integration, increased energy supply security, increased market competition, and achievement of the EU climate goals. Norne achieves these objectives by enabling the reduction of significant CO2 emissions in the EU and providing a cost-effective decarbonization opportunity for European industry to remain competitive. Norne is part of the EU’s 6th and 7th Union Lists of PCI and PMI (Project of Mutual Interest).
What is the EU’s Connecting Europe Facility?
The EU’s Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) is a funding program contributing to the realization of the European Green Deal. CEF supports the development of high-quality and sustainable infrastructure in transport, energy and digital services across member states through grants and other financial support. The program is a key part of the EU’s strategy to strengthen the market by improving interconnection between Member States.
Why CCS?
CO2 storage is an efficient and impactful method to significantly reduce emissions of industrial companies that emit large amounts of CO2, but most importantly, it is safe, permanent, and proven. The technology throughout the entire value chain of CCS has been used for decades.
With the climate targets set by Europe to reduce emissions by 2030 and 2050, CCS is a key component in achieving these targets. This is due to CCS’ ability to be applied directly to industries that have hard to abate CO2 emissions.
In addition, CCS is the only option for Denmark and the EU to go carbon neutral or even negative.
Industrial sectors with hard to abate emissions will have to wait a long time for solutions that are capable of decreasing or eliminating CO2 emissions in their processes. CCS provides a solution that can be used now.
Why Onshore Storage?
Norne will safely receive, transport, and store CO2 for permanent storage in geological reservoirs deep below the surface. Onshore storage has been practiced safely for decades and will utilize Denmark’s natural subsurface characteristics that are excellent for safely and permanently storing CO2. After the CO2 has been put into the reservoirs, the CO2 will slowly mineralize and become a natural part of the subsoil over time. Onshore storage is safe and easy to develop, monitor, and maintain, and is the most affordable method for permanent carbon storage.
Why Denmark?
Denmark has proven itself as an early mover when it comes to recognizing CCS as a necessary tool to lower emissions and has already issued the first storage li…Denmark has proven itself as an early mover when it comes to recognizing CCS as a necessary tool to lower emissions and has already issued the first storage license for offshore carbon storage. Norne sees an excellent climate-impact opportunity as Denmark possesses the natural underground geologic structures that are ideal for the safe permanent storage of CO2, and excellent logistics to receive and transport CO2 from within Denmark and nearby countries.
According to GEUS, Denmark has a theoretical storage of up to 22 billion tons of CO2 within its identified geological reservoirs. This storage potential is equivalent to a yearly storage of 100 million tons CO2, for 220 years, which is far more than the amount of CO2 that will be capturable from Danish emitters, which is estimated at 5.4 to 10.8 million tons per year.
