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The project, which is led by INEOS Energy alongside Harbour Energy and Nordsøfonden, demonstrates that carbon capture and storage is no longer a future ambition. It is now a reality.
INEOS will source CO₂ primarily from Danish biomethane plants. This enables the full CCS value chain to be established and operated using CO₂ volumes that are readily available, while capture projects across industry continue to develop and scale. Once captured, CO₂ is liquefied, delivered by truck to a dedicated CO₂ terminal at Port Esbjerg, shipped aboard Carbon Destroyer 1 - the EU's first purpose-built CO₂ carrier - and injected into the Nini West reservoir, a depleted oil field some 250 kilometres offshore, approximately 1,800 metres beneath the seabed.
In this first commercial phase, Greensand can store up to 400,000 tonnes of CO₂ annually. The site has been designed to expand significantly, with the potential to store up to 4-8 million tonnes each year as demand grows.
Europe will not achieve net zero by closing factories and exporting its jobs. We need solutions that allow industry to remain competitive while reducing emissions. Greensand proves it can be done. This is not a pilot project, a concept or a political ambition. It is a fully operational carbon storage business. The technology works. The storage is ready. The challenge now is creating the enabling conditions for carbon capture to grow quickly at scale across Europe.
