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2009 | Gasunie and Vopak jointly investigate the feasibility for developing a distribution hub for handling and temporary storage of CO2
Gas infrastructure company Gasunie and bulk liquid storage provider Royal Vopak (Vopak) announce that the companies will jointly investigate the feasibility for developing a distribution hub for the handling and temporary storage of CO2 in the Netherlands. Gasunie and Vopak are currently conducting the joint construction of Gate terminal, the first Dutch import terminal for liquefied natural gas (LNG) in Rotterdam. The companies want to explore the possibilities for creating a CO2 distribution hub in The Netherlands, where gaseous and/or liquefied CO2 can be received from the CO2 emitters and where these volumes subsequently can be discharged in large seagoing vessels or transferred to pipeline networks for transportation to the numerous depleted offshore gas fields.
John Paul Broeders, Chairman of the Executive Board of Vopak and Marcel Kramer, Chairman of the Executive Board of Gasunie jointly comment:
‘The shared vision of Gasunie and Vopak to investigate the possibilities could lead to the development of new solutions for CO2 capture and temporary storage in The Netherlands, in either gaseous or liquefied form. This could mean an important contribution to the Dutch sustainability objectives.’
As part of the Dutch climate change mitigation policies, the Dutch government expects a substantial reduction of the CO2 emissions from the power generators and other industrial activities. Energy efficiency and renewables alone will not be sufficient to timely meet the policy targets for CO2 reduction. For this reason plans are currently being developed to capture CO2 and for the transshipment and permanent storage of CO2 in depleted gas fields in the North Sea. A potential CO2 distribution hub in the Rotterdam area could benefit from Gate terminal’s presence with regard to the available cold energy.
Source : Communiqué GASUNIE
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