Carbon capture and storage or use of CO2

The investment “carbon capture and storage or use of CO₂”, which the Recovery and Resilience Facility supports with   EUR  23.5 million (approximately DKK 175 million), is the first of the four missions of the research programme to accelerate the development of climate-friendly technology solutions. The objectives of the partnerships under this mission shall be to develop cost-effective CO₂ capture solutions from the largest emitters or from the atmosphere and store carbon or use it in new climate neutral energy sources.

To achieve these objectives, the partnerships shall create economic incentives to use carbon capture and storage or use of CO₂ and strengthen the research in the geological preconditions for storing CO₂ in Denmark, developing the material to capture carbon, and developing methods of analysis that may monitor and prevent leakage.

In its review of applications for this mission, Innovation Fund Denmark is expected to take into account the relation with the development and demonstration project of CO₂ storage sites in depleted oil and gas fields in the Danish sector of North Sea that are initiated in component 2.3 on “Energy efficiency, green heating and Carbon Capture and Storage” of the Danish recovery and resilience plan, to avoid any overlaps.

The mission has organised a conference and so far launched two calls for dedicated projects. The first call led to about 20 projects being selected under one of five possible workstreams. The overall final deadline for project activities are mid-2027.

More information and press releases can be found on the webpage of the Innovation Fund Denmark here and on the website of the project here.