Port of Rotterdam
Porthos counts costs of construction delays
Netherlands’ flagship CCS project targets 2026 start up after legal challenge derails original construction timetable
The developers of the Netherlands’ flagship Porthos CCS facility are conducting a review of the project’s costs following a two-year delay in construction because of a legal challenge on environmental grounds. The cost of the project, which is a joint venture between Dutch gas company Energie Beheer Nederland, Dutch gas transmission system operator Gasunie and the Port of Rotterdam Authority, has previously been projected at €500m ($544m). But construction has been delayed due to a challenge launched by environmental group Mobilisation for the Environment in November 2021. The Dutch Council of State recently ruled against the environmental group’s claims that nitrogen emitted during the cons
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