E.ON signs CopenCapture agreement with intermunicipal waste company

In Denmark, E.ON and the intermunicipal waste company ARC have signed an agreement on the project CopenCapture in Copenhagen. The project aims to capture a total of 400,000 tons of CO2 annually from the stack at CopenHill and store it underground.

At the top of the chimney at the world-renowned Danish waste-to-energy plant CopenHill, E.ON and ARC agreed on this exclusive partnership to transform the plant into an international flagship for CO2 capture and storage (CCS).

The new partnership agreement marks that E.ON is applying for prequalification in the Danish Energy Agency’s CCS tender, which mandates full CO2 capture by 2030. The implementation of CopenCapture is contingent on financial support from the CCS funding scheme.

Part of the emitted CO2 at CopenHill originates from organic materials, e.g., contaminated paper and cardboard. This CO2 is classified as biogenic, and capturing it will result in so-called negative emissions – CO2 from a natural carbon cycle that is permanently removed from the atmosphere.

The negative emissions can be sold as climate credits – specifically high-quality Carbon Removal Credits (CRCs). These credits will be traded on the voluntary CO2 credit market, where companies can purchase CO₂ reductions either as compensation or as a contribution.