Establishing the First Carbon Chain

On 18 September, in Esbjerg, Denmark, His Majesty King Frederik X of Denmark will be joined by INEOS founder Sir Jim Ratcliffe, European Commissioner for Energy and Housing Dan Jørgensen, Danish Minister for Finance Peter Hummelgaard, INEOS leadership and other European political and industry leaders at the First Carbon Chain event to officially inaugurate the EU’s first full-scale CO₂ storage site in operation.

The event comes at a critical moment for EU industry, as energy-intensive sectors face rising costs, global competition and growing energy security concerns, amid the EU's own targets to capture and store 50 million tonnes of CO₂ annually by 2030, rising to 250–280 million tonnes by 2040. Greensand is the first project in the EU to show what that infrastructure looks like in practice.

Against this backdrop, the invitation-only First Carbon Chain event brings together leading European policymakers and industry representatives to discuss the role CCS can play in Europe’s future industrial and climate policy.

When: 18 September 2026

Where: Port of Esbjerg, Denmark

The event will be livestreamed on 18th September from 11.45-12.45 (Ceremony) and 13.30-15.15 (Industry and policy summit) CET