UK utility Drax's US subsidiary Elimini has agreed with Danish utility Hofor to develop a large-scale bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (Beccs) facility at the latter's Amagervaerket combined heat and power plant in Copenhagen, Denmark.
The Beccs facility will be built at the plant's 150MW wood chip-fired unit 4 and generate verified carbon removal credits. Elimini will bring the carbon removal credits to market and support Hofor with development during the first stage of the project. If both parties agree after further evaluation, they may consider forming a joint venture.
The project aims to remove "hundreds of thousands of tonnes" a year of CO2 from heat and power production at the facility to support Copenhagen's ambition of being climate positive by 2035, Elimini said on 28 July.
The project is eligible for the Danish Energy Agency's (DEA) carbon capture and storage (CCS) subsidy scheme, among 10 other pre-qualified projects. The DEA established a $4.2bn CCS fund in 2024 to support the development of capture, transportation and geological storage of CO2 over a 15-year period.
The partnership with Hofor is developing a "first-of-its-kind" model, Elimini's senior vice-president of corporate affairs and business development Ross McKenzie said.
Elimini intends to announce a further 1-2 Beccs development projects in the US within the coming year.
The Amagervaerket power plant produces 9.9 TJ/yr of heat using biomass, equivalent to 25pc of Copenhagen's district heating, and generates 670 GWh/yr of renewable electricity.
