Green energy company Tree Energy Solutions (TES) and engineering firm Ramboll have completed a joint study for a planned carbon dioxide export terminal at TES’s Green Energy Hub in Wilhelmshaven, Germany, paving the way for pre-FEED work to begin later this year.
The terminal will hold captured CO2 for transport to offshore storage sites. In its initial phase, the facility is expected to handle three to five million tonnes per year, with plans to scale up to 10 million tonnes.
Ramboll assessed options for CO2 imports by rail and exports by ship, including rail offloading, buffer storage, boil-off gas handling and transfer to a jetty.
“By creating state-of-the-art infrastructure for the export of CO2, we are advancing Europe’s decarbonisation and CCS efforts,” said Hugo Dijkgraaf, COO of TES and Managing Director of TES CO2 Company.
Wilhelmshaven is Germany’s only deep-water port and a key entry and exit point for molecules in the energy transition. The hub is already used for LNG and e-natural gas imports and is linked to Germany’s national rail system, the European high-pressure gas grid, and the planned H₂ercules hydrogen backbone.
TES said the CO2 terminal would complement these operations by integrating with future CO2 pipeline infrastructure and supporting the development of large-scale carbon capture and storage (CCS) value chains across Europe.
