Hofor looks to invest billions and capture millions of tonnes of CO2

The utility serving metropolitan Copenhagen could power up a carbon capture and storage facility five years after getting the go-ahead. The investment required for the undertaking is huge, but so is the reduction potential, says Charlotte Søndergren, Head of Department at Hofor.
Photo: PR / Hofor
Photo: PR / Hofor
BY SIMON VALEUR & MATHIAS JULIUS FALKENGARRD

Hofor will, by a wide margin, be responsible for the most significant carbon capture efforts in the new consortium of utilities and energy companies named C4 that recently presented a vision to effect future reductions of three million tonnes of carbon dioxide annually with carbon capture technology.

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