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Germany’s Antitrust Watchdog Approves Carbon Capture Pipeline Projects

By  |  August 5, 2025

Germany’s largest gas pipeline operator, Open Grid Europe (OGE), has received the go-ahead from the country’s antitrust authority for two major carbon capture transport projects, marking another step forward in its multi-billion-euro investment plan.

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    According to a statement from the antitrust authority on Tuesday, the decision clears the way for OGE to proceed with developing infrastructure to move captured carbon dioxide from industrial sites to permanent storage facilities. OGE had approached the regulator in advance, seeking confirmation that the proposed ventures would not raise competition concerns given their scale.

    The planned pipelines will carry CO₂ generated by activities such as waste incineration and the production of lime and cement to sites where the greenhouse gas can be securely stored underground or beneath the seabed. Per a statement from the authority, the two projects will connect German industrial regions to storage locations under the North Sea and beneath the Danish mainland.

    One of the ventures is a collaboration between OGE and eastern German gas network operator Ontras, though the precise route of the pipeline has not yet been finalized. The other project will create a network linking southern and western Germany to the Belgian border, to be jointly operated by OGE and Belgian natural gas transmission firm Fluxys.

    Source: Yahoo