04 December 2025

Shell and Linde share power for CO₂ compression

Shell and Linde will share electricity at their site in Pernis via a joint energy hub (e-hub), contributing to the progress of the Porthos project. In an e-hub, companies exchange local power capacity. Shell has space available at the connection at this location, while Linde needs extra capacity to run its compressors optimally. Thanks to the power exchange within the e-hub, Linde can reliably bring the captured CO₂ from the Shell refinery to the required pressure and, once Porthos is operational, deliver it to the collection pipeline of the CO₂ transport and storage system.

A concrete solution
This collaboration demonstrates how industry, grid operators and energy hubs can contribute to realising the CO₂ transport chain that Porthos makes possible. The e-hub was made possible in part thanks to network operator Stedin. The initiative demonstrates that, even now that the high-voltage grid in the port of Rotterdam has been fully loaded since 2022, innovative solutions are available that support the progress of climate projects such as Porthos.