CarbonCut’s ambitions for a CO₂ storage facility at Rødby is part of the climate solution

11. in early August, 2023, CarbonCuts met with the local business and growth promotion organization, Business Lolland Falster (BLF). With the ambition to develop one of Denmark’s first land-based CO₂ storage facilities in Lolland municipality – Project Ruby – the focus of the conversation with Søren Knudsen from BLF was geology. Søren spoke both with Chief Geologist at CarbonCuts, Christoffer Mouritzen and a little with CEO and founder of CarbonCuts, Ken Wesnæs. This has resulted in a longer article.

The article is mostly about the soil layers under Rødby and what it takes to establish a CO₂ storage facility in the so-called Rødby structure, which is one of the areas the Danish Energy Agency has investigated and strategically assessed on land and near the coast in Denmark. All the areas have been assessed to have the right geological conditions for storing CO₂ underground. The Danish Energy Agency will offer the first exploration licenses for the areas late this year. The Rødby structure specifically, which is the area where Ruby can be established, constitutes an underground area stretching over 10 km x 20 km near Rødby and Rødbyhavn on Lolland.

CCS is a crucial climate technology that will help Denmark and other countries reduce CO₂ emissions from the heaviest industry that is most challenging to convert quickly and effectively in the short term. CO₂ storage will be essential to meet climate targets and combat the climate crisis in time.

“The Rødby area is well placed as a CO₂ storage facility. We will be located in the middle of the Baltic Sea region, and the CO₂} we need to store can therefore come from the entire area. Either to the port via ships or via a pipeline,” says Christoffer Mouritzen.

Denmark alone emits 44 million tons of CO₂ per year and with the Danish Climate Act has a binding target to reduce emissions by 70% by 2023 and climate neutrality by 2050. The current government has ambitions to advance climate neutrality already to 2045. This requires climate action with investments in and deployment of new climate technologies – here and now.

Read the full article here.