Anaergia in Danish plan to supply biogenic CO2

Ontario renewable natural gas (RNG) developer Anaergia said August 17 it had entered into an agreement with renewables developer European Energy A/S to supply up to 60,000 metric tons/year of liquefied biogenic CO₂ over a 10-year period.

Anaergia will provide the liquefied CO₂ from anaerobic digesters that will operate at its plant now under construction near Tonder, Denmark.

European Energy will use the biogenic CO₂ to produce green e-methanol, which it will supply to AP Moller-Maersk for use as a fuel in the first container ship Moller-Maersk is having built to operate on e-methanol.

“The benefit for us is the ability to sell the biogenic CO₂ from our plants that is produced when we convert organic materials to methane and CO₂,” Anaergia CEO Andrew Benedek said. “By selling this CO₂ instead of returning it to the atmosphere, our plants contribute to de-carbonising hard-to-abate sectors, such as shipping, while becoming more profitable, as we turn this waste gas from our plants into a useful fuel.”