Equinor has big plans for CO2 storage in Danish soil: "Denmark is attractive to us"

Equinor is in fierce competition with eight other companies for the rights to explore and potentially store CO2 underground in Denmark.

A Norwegian CCS facility. | Photo: Laura Kold

FREDERIK BOESGAARD

Equinor is one of the nine applicants currently waiting for a landmark decision from the Danish Energy Agency.

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