MAN Energy Solutions engines to power North Sea Greensand CO2 discharge operations
April 11, 2025
MAN Energy Solutions will supply two engines for the newbuild CO2 carrier EasyMax 5, which will support the Greensand CO2 subsurface storage project in the Danish North Sea.
Royal Niestern Sander shipyard in Farmsum, the Netherlands, has ordered the two MAN 16V175D MEM engines (designed to operate at 2,400 kWm/1,800 rpm) for Wagenborg Operator.
The engines will be used as generating sets for power onboard the vessel, the fifth of the EasyMax design developed jointly by Wagenborg and Niestern Sander, with a cargo capacity of 14,000 tons.
Greensand operator Ineos will charter the vessel. The two engines should be delivered later this year.
The CO2 will be captured from a bio-gas plant in Denmark, then transported to Esbjerg on the Danish west coast for loading onto the vessel ahead of its journey to the North Sea storage site in the Danish North Sea. The generating sets should provide the power needed for the Easymax 5’s CO2 pump and DP2 systems during discharge into offshore storage.
The 175D is also designed for low-fuel consumption and compliance to the latest exhaust-gas-emission standards.
