The CO2Vision consortium has begun work on developing a new roadmap designed to prioritize initiatives and resources in the short and medium term and support the achievement of CO2Vision’s missions.
The CO2Vision consortium has entered into a partnership with NIRAS, which will help prioritize what types of actions should be implemented and when, including which actions in North Jutland make the most sense to implement in relation to national and international development plans.
The creation of an entirely new industry requires interdisciplinary collaboration to ensure that technological challenges do not overshadow the economic and social aspects.
The process includes a series of expert panel meetings with industry experts, and the goal is for the work to result in an action-oriented strategy document—also known as a roadmap—that clearly defines CO2Vision’s scope of action.
The initial questions being addressed by the Knowledge Panel are as follows:
– What are realistic milestones in the short and medium term (2027, 2030, 2035)?
– What should CO2VISION focus on? Should priorities be set? If so, what do the workshop participants want?
– What specific actions can CO2VISION take now and in the future?
The task is complex, and therefore expertise from various fields must be sought. The goal is to find optimal solutions in which technology, economics, law, and societal interests are in harmony; therefore, a direction must be set within specific missions.
CO2Vision has three missions:
1. CCUS Infrastructure
By 2045, the infrastructure in North Jutland (including electricity, hydrogen, and CO₂) must be optimally expanded to support the cost-effective production and distribution of CCUS-based resources and products—both within the region and to areas outside North Jutland.
The mission is to ensure that North Jutland is connected to a national and international CCUS infrastructure, while at the same time developing and implementing alternative infrastructuresolutions that can help demonstrate the need to connect North Jutland to a national and international CCUS infrastructure.
2. CCUS Technologies and Value Chains
By 2035, technologies and value chains for carbon capture and storage (CCS) must mature and be scaled up. At the same time, by 2045, technologies and value chains for carbon dioxide utilization (CCU) must be developed, tested, and demonstrated.
The mission is for North Jutland to become a hub for both CCS and CCU, which can best be achieved by supporting the development of both technologies simultaneously, but at different paces. Through 2035, CO2Vision will focus on supporting the maturation and scaling of CCS solutions, while North Jutland serves as a laboratory for the development of future CCU solutions through 2045.
3. CCUS Business Development, Skills, and Workforce
Leading up to 2035 and 2045, companies and organizations in North Jutland must continuously develop a deeper understanding of business and ensure they have the CCUSskills to support CCUS development in Northern Jutland and enable Northern Jutland companies to become suppliers or customers of CCUS solutions.
The mission is to foster an understanding of business opportunities in a timely manner and to launch training programs, continuing education, and recruitment initiatives to ensure that companies in North Jutland have the necessary workforce so they can become leaders in providing skills, services, and products for the CCUS value chains of the future.
CO2Visions’ Scope of Operations
A key objective of the process is to move from words to action and to be very mindful of CO2Visions’ scope for action.
“At CO2Vision, we have the capacity to seek funding, communicate and engage with policymakers, and inform companies and other stakeholders about business opportunities within CCUS. That is why we have asked the expert panel to provide a set of guidelines that we can build on within the framework of CO2Vision,” explains Michael Stie Laugesen, project manager at Green Hub Denmark, who is responsible for this activity under CO2Vision.
CO2Visions’ scope of operations can be broken down into the following three points:
– CO2Vision can, for example, seek to influence policy decisions (advocacy) through the media and the established governance structure, particularly through the national partnership and the steering committee.
– CO2Vision can apply for project funding to, for example, commission analyses, launch test and demonstration projects, and carry out skills-building initiatives.
– CO2Vision can prioritize resources to share knowledge about CCUS through networking activities, study tours, conferences, social media, and other types of outreach activities.
Work on the knowledge panel and the development of a roadmap began in the spring of 2025, and we expect to be able to launch specific initiatives starting in the summer of 2025.
