Press Release: State aid: Commission approves aid for waste CO2 pipeline in The Netherlands

The European Commission has authorised, under EU state aid rules, a €5 million investment aid for a pipeline infrastructure to transport waste CO2 from a bioethanol plant in Rotterdam to greenhouses in the "Zuidplaspolder". The waste CO2 will be used to enhance crop growth, thereby reducing the current use of CO2 in flue gases obtained through the burning of natural gas in boilers and cogeneration installations. The Commission found the measure to be in line with EU state aid rules, because it furthers an objective of common interest without adversely affecting trade between Member States.