Danube Carbon Removals

Danube Removals is a full chain Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) operation in Central Hungary. It will collect more than 500 000 tonnes of biogenic CO2 per year from the yeast fermentation and anaerobic digestion processes of Pannonia Bio, one of Europe’s largest biorefineries. The collected CO2 will be transported via pipeline and injected into a nearby permanent onshore geological storage site in a saline aquifer of the Pannonian Basin. The project will generate EU-certified carbon removal credits for the voluntary carbon markets. Europe’s existing fermentation sector has the potential for over 10 million tonnes per year of similar carbon removals using biogenic CO2. This impact could further increase as the EU biomethane sector grows. The Danube Removals project will demonstrate the first large-scale integration of bioCCS in Europe, with low CCS unit costs. The proposed CO2 storage model could also be scaled up to handle tens of millions of tonnes of CO2 across the Pannonian Basin.