King Frederik X has marked a major milestone in Denmark’s efforts to tackle carbon emissions, officially opening the first CO₂ storage facility in the European Union to enter commercial operation.
The King attended the opening of the First Carbon Chain, organised by the Danish Greensand project, on Friday, where he witnessed the next phase of a scheme designed to capture carbon dioxide and permanently store it beneath the North Sea.
The technology takes CO₂ directly from the source where it is produced before transporting it offshore.
Once it reaches the North Sea, the carbon is injected deep beneath the seabed for permanent storage.
The CO₂ is being stored in former oil and gas fields that were opened for production by Prince Henrik in 1972.
Fields that once played a role in Denmark’s energy industry are now being given an entirely different purpose as part of efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
In 2023, when he was still Crown Prince, he attended the opening of the project’s first CO₂ storage facility in the same now-depleted fields.
At the time, the initiative was still in its pilot phase.
2026-09-19 01:00:00
