What is INNO-CCUS?
The INNO-CCUS Partnership was established as a means to secure a significant contribution to achieving the Danish government’s climate goals on CO2 reduction, through CCUS solutions.
We are a mission-driven public-private partnership with the ambition to achieve a fundamental change in the way we view, value, and use carbon resources to enable a complete shift of the current system from fossil-based to biogenic carbon sources.
Our mission
INNO-CCUS is one of four mission-driven green research and innovation partnerships that will make a significant contribution to the green transformation of society and the development of sustainable climate technologies for the benefit of Denmark and the rest of the world. The four partnerships are supported by Innovation Fund Denmark.
Innovation and collaboration to accelerate the green transition
INNO-CCUS promotes technologies that capture, store and use CO2 so that we can reach Denmark’s climate goals.
It’s no secret that we are in a hurry when it comes to bringing the green transition up to speed. It is also not new that Denmark’s path to meeting the climate goals depends on our ability to reduce the CO2 that is already in the air around us. On the other hand, it may come as a surprise that many of the technologies that will get us to the finish line actually already exist. They are just not scalable, and therefore not financially sustainable either. Yet. We need to think new.
This is what INNO-CCUS was created for. As one of the state’s four green mission-driven partnerships, we bring together more than 60 partners across research and companies in the CCUS field.
We support the development of technologies that capture, store and use CO2, so that we can achieve Denmark’s climate goals – efficiently, scalable and financially sustainable. In the long term, we can even help turn CO2 into a resource instead of a problem.
The pieces are all there. Both in the form of technology, knowledge, people and companies that together can pave the way for a CO2-neutral Denmark in 2045. There is much we are still exploring, but we know two things for sure: We will not reach Denmark’s climate goals without INNO-CCUS’s partners. And the good long-term solutions will never come to scale or speed if we don’t work together.
Setting the direction for 2050
As a mission-driven partnership, INNO-CCUS is guided by an ambitious roadmap that sets the strategic direction of carbon capture, utilisation and storage toward 2050.
The roadmap describes challenges and gaps within the partnership and the CCUS field as well as opportunities and strongholds.
The INNO-CCUS Partnership
The INNO-CCUS Partnership consist of more than 75 partners across knowledge institutions, GTS institutions, private companies, public companies and organisations.
Together, these partners will contribute to the Danish climate reduction target through 30 research projects within five thematic areas:
