Fidelis New Energy has just unveiled plans to build reception facilities for CO2 handling in the ports of Kalundborg and Aalborg. The facility in Kalundborg will initially receive 4 million tons of CO2 annually, and is expected to be ready in 2027.
Fidelis New Energy has just unveiled plans to build reception facilities for CO2 handling in the ports of Kalundborg and Aalborg. The facility in Kalundborg will initially receive 4 million tons of CO2 annually, and is expected to be ready in 2027.
Fidelis New Energy intends to build and operate a CO2 handling facility in the Port of Kalundborg. The facility will have the capacity to receive approximately 4 million tons of CO2 per year. With the possibility of further expanding the capacity to approximately 6 million tons of CO2 per year in the reception facility.
The captured CO2 must be stored underground or utilized for the production of green fuels, etc.
This means that the reception facility must be located at the Port of Kalundborg. There is sufficient water depth to accommodate the CO2 transport ships. Here, the Port of Kalundborg can offer a water depth of up to 15 m, which can accommodate the largest ships.
The ambition is to have a reception facility in operation at the Port of Kalundborg from the second half of 2027.
– We are very pleased that we have now entered into this agreement with the Port of Kalundborg. The new upcoming reception facilities will be an important part of our work to support commercially viable climate strategies at European companies going forward, says Ulrik Dan Weuder, Managing Director at Fidelis Europe, and adds:
-Storage and utilization of CO2 is a central element in most national and international climate ambitions these years, but the infrastructure must be in place before we can really accelerate development. In this regard, the facilities in Kalundborg and Aalborg will be important for the establishment of future CO2 projects throughout Europe. Not least in Denmark, and we thus expect investments of up to 15 billion kroner when Fidelis New Energy's facilities are fully developed.
Bent Rasmussen, port director of the Port of Kalundborg, says:
– After long discussions with Fidelis Europe, we are pleased that we are now working together to further realize this exciting project with CO2 handling in the Port of Kalundborg. This project can have great significance for the Port of Kalundborg in the years to come. We are proud that we can become one of Denmark's centers for the future handling of captured CO2 on European soil.
-The realization of this project will certainly create new and future-proof jobs, both directly and indirectly as a result of derived investments and growth, says Bent Rasmussen.
