CCUS Center of Excellence – establishing a cross border platform for CCUS-collaboration


The Øresund region is uniquely positioned to become a world-leading hub for Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS). With strong industrial players, advanced research institutions, and strategic infrastructure linking Denmark and Sweden, the region holds significant potential for large-scale CO₂ reduction initiatives. However, despite many individual projects, the full synergy potential seems to remain untapped. The challenge is not a lack of activity.
The challenge is fragmentation.

The project brings together leading Danish and Swedish actors to establish a permanent cross-border CCUS Center of Excellence. The Center is not a physical building.
It is a structured platform for collaboration aligning strategy, policy, branding, financing and market development across borders.

Project details

  • The project establishes the Øresund Region as a structured, cross-border platform for accelerating renewable energy deployment through CCUS.

    While Denmark and Sweden both have strong national CCUS initiatives, regional collaboration has remained limited. The project addresses this by moving beyond ecosystem mapping and into coordinated execution across borders.

    Through six integrated workstreams, the project aligns value chains, policy frameworks, financing structures, and market development across Denmark and Sweden. It mobilises leading industrial actors, ports, utilities, research institutions, and public authorities to create long-term institutional capacity in the region.

    The project focuses on five strategic collaboration areas essential for large-scale CCUS deployment:

    • CCUS value chain integration
    • Development of a green CCUS corridor in the Øresund region
    • Political strategy and cross-border policy coordination
    • Regional positioning and international marketing
    • Financing models and investment readiness

    Each workstream results in concrete cross-border strategies and action plans, forming the operational foundation for a permanent CCUS Center of Excellence in the Øresund Region.

  • Period: January 2026 – December 2028

  • Project partners: CLEAN, Copenhagen Capacity, E.ON Energiinfrastruktur AB, Mærsk Mc Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping, Green2x, Nordion Energi, Sysav, Öresundskraft, Sustainable Business Hub, Copenhagen Malmö Port

  • Financing: Interreg Øresund-Kattegat-Skagerrak

Results and outputs

  • Development of five cross-border CCUS strategies and coordinated action plans

  • Establishment of a formalised Øresund CCUS Center of Excellence platform

  • Creation of a green CCUS corridor model connecting capture, transport and utilisation across borders

  • Development of a regional financing and investment roadmap for large-scale CCUS deployment

  • Strengthened political coordination and regulatory alignment between Denmark and Sweden

  • Mobilisation of companies, public authorities and research institutions into a structured cross-border collaboration framework