The 2024 Carbon Management Strategy (CMS) and the KSpG amendment mark Germany’s pivotal shift towards proactive CCUS implementation. It permits offshore storage in the EEZ, grants federal states ‘opt-in’ powers for onshore storage, and defines CCUS as being in the ‘overriding public interest’ to accelerate permitting. Coal-fired power is excluded.
Carbon Management Strategy (CMS) & KSpG Amendment
Strategic Active
Verified
National Governance Context
Germany Overview
Aggregate National Maturity Index (Peak Strength)
Governed Policies
2
Identified Projects
21
Operational Cap 0.0 Mtpa
Under Construction Cap 0.2 Mtpa
Planned Cap 47.0 Mtpa
Related Policy Network
Peer Frameworks
Directly Linked Assets
GeZero carbon capture project (Geseke)
Capture — 0.7 Mtpa
Stade facility Green Methanol
CCU — 0.274 Mtpa
Everest
Capture — 1.4 Mtpa
Aker Carbon Capture Biomass CHP (unknown facility)
Capture — 0.25 Mtpa
Capsol feasibility study waste to energy Germany
Capture — 0.18 Mtpa
Capsol feasibility study cement Germany
Capture — 0.4 Mtpa
Waste to hydrogen Boson Energy (BEH2X DE)
Capture — 0 Mtpa
Catch4Climate Mergelstetten
CCU — 0.1 Mtpa
Deuna cement plant (Thuringia)
Capture — 0.62 Mtpa
CarbonBridge
Transport — 0 Mtpa
Heidelberg Materials LEILAC 2
Capture — 0.1 Mtpa
Carbon2Business Laegerdorf
CCU — 1.2 Mtpa
Wilhelmshaven Energy Hub BlueHyNow
Capture — 1.3 Mtpa
H2GE Rostock
Capture — 2 Mtpa
CO2nnectNow HES Wilhelmshaven Tank Terminal phase 1
Transport — 10 Mtpa
Carbon Clean CEMEX Rudersdorf plant phase 1
CCU — 0.11 Mtpa
Cemex Rudersdorf CO2llect
Capture — 1.3 Mtpa
Hover cement works Hannover phase 2
Capture — 0.8 Mtpa
Rohm chemical plant (x2)
CCU — 0.5 Mtpa
German carbon transport grid
Transport — 25.8 Mtpa
Waste to energy CCU to TES Wilhemshaven (unknown facility)
CCU — 0.4 Mtpa