European Energy is the Danish winner of the Capgemini Nordic Sustainability Tech Award 2025. It was recognized for its pathbreaking Kassø e-methanol project. The commendation highlights the facility’s pivotal role in not only the large-scale green fuel production but also in the e-sector decarbonisation that supports those sectors where direct electrification is unavailable.
The Capgemini Nordic Sustainability Tech Award is a prize given to companies in the Nordic area that undertake the green transition through the use of innovative technologies. Criteria for judging the entries this year included the potential for further development, the role of the advanced technology, the possibility of reducing greenhouse-gas, the general ESG contribution, and business viability.
First Large-Scale Commercial E-Methanol Plant
Kassø facility located in the southern part of Denmark is the first one in the world to provide a commercial full-scale plant electronically with methanol resulting from renewable resources is the first one in the world. Also, it utilizes renewable energy, biogenic CO₂, and water. By combining the 304 MW solar power, the advanced carbon-utilisation systems, and electrolysis-based hydrogen production, the plant is considered as a total Power-to-X solution which is capable of phasing out fossil-derived fuels.
The plant is set up to manufacture up to 42,000 tons of e-methanol yearly. The green fuel produced complies with the European Renewable Fuels of Non-Biological Origin (RFNBO) standard and has ISCC EU certification, thus confirms full conformity with EU sustainability standards.
E-methanol is viewed as a must-have component to eliminate carbon emissions from hard-to-abate sectors such as aviation, maritime shipping, heavy transport, and plastics manufacturing–industries where electrification is technically or economically impractical. Since it is molecularly the same as fossil methanol, it can be utilized without changes in the currently existing structures or engines, thus it paves the way for quick implementation in the real world.
Industry Leadership and Future Prospects
European Energy’s Emil Vikjær-Andresen, Executive Vice President and Head of Power-to-X, was happy with the award and said that the recognition “underscores the importance of large-scale green fuel production as part of the energy transition.” He stated that the Kassø project is an example of how the renewable power and carbon-utilization technologies can be combined and scaled up to an industrial model.
Through the generation of excess heat, the Kassø facility offers local community advantages by heating regional district networks and thus exemplifying a feasible circular-energy design.
Expanding Power-to-X Innovation
The prize is in line with European Energy’s grand plan to broaden its Power-to-X portfolio, which also includes the invention of next-generation devices such as electric Steam Methane Reforming (e-SMR) to facilitate the production of green methanol and hydrogen in the future.
With a continually growing worldwide need for sustainable fuels, the Kassø plant is foreseen as a model to be duplicated everywhere. The Capgemini’s recognition is an indication of the rising P-to-X solutions’ role as key elements on Europe’s route to heavy decarbonisation.