Overview
- King Frederik X formally opened the Greensand commercial site at Port Esbjerg on September 18, 2026, and project partners declared the facility in commercial operation.
- The first commercial phase targets storing about 400,000 tonnes of CO2 per year with partners saying the project can be expanded toward 4–8 million tonnes annually at full build‑out.
- INEOS Energy operates the project with Harbour Energy and the Danish North Sea Fund after a final investment decision in December 2024 and Denmark’s regulatory approval for full‑scale storage in December 2025.
- Greensand’s logistics chain will take CO2 from Danish biomethane plants, liquefy it, truck it to a terminal at Port Esbjerg, ship it on the Carbon Destroyer 1 and inject it into the Nini West reservoir about 1,800 metres below the seabed.
- The launch gives EU industry a domestic offshore storage option distinct from Norway’s Northern Lights project and could help firms reduce emissions while keeping local production and jobs, with scaling and wider CO2 sourcing to be watched next.