Danish Port of Aalborg Signs on to Fidelis New Energy Carbon Storage Hub Project

    June 5, 2025
    Fidelis’ planned Norne Carbon Storage Hub and the Port of Aalborg signed the long-term definitive agreement for a site designed to handle 15 million metric tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) per year. Norne projects are planned as a set of CO2 reception facilities at Danish ports.
    Rendering of Norne's liquid CO2 receiving facilities at the Port of Aalborg, Denmark. Image credit Fidelis New Energy
    Rendering of Norne's liquid CO2 receiving facilities at the Port of Aalborg, Denmark. Image credit Fidelis New Energy

    Fidelis New Energy’s division leading its carbon capture and storage project in Denmark has agreed to a 30-year agreement with one of that nation’s biggest commercial ports.

    Fidelis’ planned Norne Carbon Storage Hub and the Port of Aalborg signed the long-term definitive agreement for a site designed to handle 15 million metric tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) per year. Norne projects are planned as a set of CO2 reception facilities at Danish ports and utilizing pipelines for transport and storage of carbon emissions.

    In April, Denmark’s Ministry of Climate, Energy and Utilities awarded an exploration license for the Norne carbon storage hub at Thorning.

    The European Union also awarded a Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) grant to help fund projects. The grant will co-fund the development and construction of a new quay to support to Norne CO2 reception facilities across various ports.

    "Since 2021, we have worked closely with the Port of Aalborg, the European Union, the Danish Government, and other key stakeholders,” Lars Bo Christiansen, Norne president, said in a statement. “We look forward to building on this long-term partnership – not only to expand beyond the current capacity of 15 million tons per year at Norne's site, but also to attract new industrial projects to the Port that require decarbonization solutions."

    Carbon capture and storage would decarbonize industrial operations along ports. Norne has completed front-end engineering and design studies for the CO2 reception facility and a connecting pipeline to near CO2 storage.

    Norne and the Port of Aalborg will initiate construction of a 500-metre quay in the Port of Aalborg, corresponding to an area of 60,000 square meters of quay space. The quay space will host the CO2 reception and connecting infrastructure, advancing Denmark's carbon capture and storage ecosystem.

    Norne will provide European emitters access to a deepwater port and cost-effective and safe onshore and near-shore CO2 storage. The company also is working on several carbon capture projects in the U.S., including a deal with Microsoft contracting to remove 6.75 million metric tons of CO2 in Louisiana over 15 years.

    Carbon removal and storage is a key piece of the European strategy around decarbonization in the industrial sector. The U.S. Department of Energy, conversely, recently terminated $3.7 billion in previously announced awards for clean energy projects, including more than $750 million for two well-known carbon capture efforts.

    Fidelis New Energy also is the key developer for an interconnected plan for microgrid, hydrogen supply and data centers in West Virginia. The planned Mountaineer and Monarch facilities there are anticipated to include some 1 GW in energy and computing capacity matched with carbon storage of about 10 million metric tons of CO2 per year, according to reports.

    West Virginia legislators and the governor recently passed a so-called “microgrid bill” to fast-track permitting and development of on-site power projects centered around data center growth.

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    Walton earned his Bachelors degree in journalism from the University of Oklahoma. His career stops include the Moore American, Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise, Wagoner Tribune and Tulsa World. 

    EnergyTech is focused on the mission critical and large-scale energy users and their sustainability and resiliency goals. These include the commercial and industrial sectors, as well as the military, universities, data centers and microgrids. The C&I sectors together account for close to 30 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S.

    He was named Managing Editor for Microgrid Knowledge and EnergyTech starting July 1, 2023

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