The Danish Environmental Agency has approved Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners’ HØST PtX Esbjerg’s environmental impact assessment and granted environmental approval of the facility.
The approvals will allow the CIP to continue the development of installing up to 1 GW of electrolyser capacity in Esbjerg to generate sustainable green fuels such as hydrogen, the company said.
The approvals not only validate our commitment to the decarbonization of hard-to-electrify sectors, but they also strengthen our belief in the long-term potential of large-scale Power-to-X projects in Denmark, said David Dupont-Mouritzen, Project Director of HØST PtX Esbjerg.
One of the major milestones for the development of PtX-projects in Denmark is the development of domestic hydrogen infrastructure to enable the export of green hydrogen to the European offtake market, predominantly Germany.
HØST will follow this development closely and work toward making a final investment decision (FID) to begin the construction of the plant, the company said.
The project has already secured large areas of land for the future plant, secured access to green power by signing a grid connection agreement with Energinet and secured water supply via the nearby wastewater treatment plant operated by DIN Forsyning.
HØST PtX Esbjerg is part of CIP’s Energy Transition Find 1, and will produce 120-140,000 tonnes of green hydrogen per annum for use in the chemicals, steel, and refinery industry, predominantly expected in the German market.