Leading Danish companies join forces on ambitious sustainable fuels project
Copenhagen Airports, AP Moller-Maersk, DSV Panalpina, DFDS, SAS and Ørsted have brought together the demand and supply side of sustainable fuels in a partnership to develop a new facility by 2023.
When fully scaled-up by 2030, the project could deliver more than 250,000 tonnes of sustainable fuel for busses, trucks, maritime vessels and aircraft every year.
Production would potentially be based on a total electrolyser capacity of 1.3 gigawatts, which would likely make it one of the world’s largest facilities of its kind. The production from the fully scaled facility can reduce annual carbon emissions by 850,000 tonnes.
The project will be located in the Greater Copenhagen area and could supply renewable methanol for AP Moller-Maersk vessels and renewable jet fuel (e-kerosene) for SAS aircraft and air transport out of Copenhagen airports.
Soren Skou, CEO of AP Moller-Maersk, said: “Decarbonising the transport sector is a significant and complex task that requires collaborative contributions from every company, organisation and country. The project provides the first step in the massive transformation to produce and distribute sustainable energy.”
Simon Hansen, executive vice president and COO of airlines operations SAS, added: “The infrastructure aviation enables has a significant contribution to the global society.
“SAS has very ambitious targets to reduce its climate affecting emissions and one of the key drivers is to use sustainable aviation fuels. We support multiple initiatives and projects in our home market and hope that this project can commercialise and become an accelerator for the transition to decarbonised aviation.”
When fully scaled-up by 2030, the project could deliver more than 250,000 tonnes of sustainable fuel for busses, trucks, maritime vessels and aircraft every year.
Production would potentially be based on a total electrolyser capacity of 1.3 gigawatts, which would likely make it one of the world’s largest facilities of its kind. The production from the fully scaled facility can reduce annual carbon emissions by 850,000 tonnes.
The project will be located in the Greater Copenhagen area and could supply renewable methanol for AP Moller-Maersk vessels and renewable jet fuel (e-kerosene) for SAS aircraft and air transport out of Copenhagen airports.
Soren Skou, CEO of AP Moller-Maersk, said: “Decarbonising the transport sector is a significant and complex task that requires collaborative contributions from every company, organisation and country. The project provides the first step in the massive transformation to produce and distribute sustainable energy.”
Simon Hansen, executive vice president and COO of airlines operations SAS, added: “The infrastructure aviation enables has a significant contribution to the global society.
“SAS has very ambitious targets to reduce its climate affecting emissions and one of the key drivers is to use sustainable aviation fuels. We support multiple initiatives and projects in our home market and hope that this project can commercialise and become an accelerator for the transition to decarbonised aviation.”
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