Nordic civil engineering and construction major NCC has announced that its NCC Infrastructure business area has been selected by Denmark’s largest energy company Ørsted A/S for the construction of foundations, buildings, and tubular bridges for a carbon capture facility at the Asnæs Power Station in Kalundborg.
In May 2023, the Danish Energy Agency (DEA) awarded Ørsted a 20-year contract for its carbon capture and storage (CCS) project ‘Ørsted Kalundborg Hub’.
The project entails that Ørsted will establish carbon capture at its woodchip-fired Asnæs Power Station in Kalundborg in Western Zealand and the Avedøre Power Station’s straw-fired boiler in the Greater Copenhagen area.
NCC’s contract encompasses the construction of foundations, buildings, and tubular bridges for the facility at the Asnæs Power Station in Kalundborg, which is expected to capture 280,000 tonnes per annum of biogenic carbon dioxide (CO2).
We are proud that we can make a contribution toward Ørsted’s and Denmark’s ambitions to capture and store carbon dioxide. Work is fully underway preparing and sharing knowledge about how we can plan, construct, and lead construction projects that can solve some of our most complex societal problems, said Kenneth Nilsson, Head of NCC Infrastructure.
The project marks the first stage in the establishment of large-scale carbon capture infrastructure in Denmark.
We look forward to starting work together with NCC. Many different initiatives are needed to slow climate change, and our project will make a significant contribution to realizing the politically agreed climate targets in Denmark for 2025 and 2030, said Ole Thomsen, SVP and Head of Ørsted’s Bioenergy business.
For NCC Infrastructure, the assignment is worth about SEK 300 million in total and work will commence in early 2024 and is expected to be completed at the end of 2025.
