Overview
- The Greensand facility moved into commercial operation after a ceremony in Esbjerg that inaugurated the site on Friday, September 18, 2026, and was opened by King Frederik X.
- INEOS Energy leads the project with partners Harbour Energy and the Danish North Sea Fund following a final investment decision in December 2024 and regulatory approval from the Danish Energy Agency in December 2025.
- Captured CO2 will come mainly from Danish biomethane plants, be liquefied, trucked to a terminal at Port Esbjerg, loaded onto the Carbon Destroyer 1 and injected into the Nini West reservoir about 250 km offshore and 1,800 metres under the seabed.
- The first commercial phase targets roughly 400,000 tonnes of CO2 per year with stated plans to expand capacity toward 4–8 million tonnes annually, a development industry leaders say can let factories cut emissions without closing or moving jobs.
- Greensand is the European Union’s first full-scale site but follows Norway’s earlier Northern Lights project, and its operators say the launch could help build a cross‑Europe CO2 storage market needed to meet bloc-wide capture targets.