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Yes — carbon capture and storage (CCS) is one of the technology categories funded by SDE++, which is how the industrial users of Porthos and Aramis (Air Liquide, Air Products, ExxonMobil and Shell in Porthos's case) can afford to capture and permanently store their CO2 under the North Sea 2. SDE++ (Stimulering Duurzame Energieproductie en Klimaattransitie) is the Dutch government's main subsidy instrument for renewable energy production and CO2-reduction technologies, run by RVO on behalf of the Ministry responsible for climate and energy 1. It pays the gap between a technology's base cost per unit of energy or CO2 avoided and the market value of what it produces, over a fixed period of 12 or 15 years depending on the technology, rather than as a one-off grant 1. Budgets are set per annual call for proposals; the 2026 call had a headline budget of roughly €8 billion across all eligible technologies, not CCS alone 2.
Not in the sources: The passages do not give the CCS-specific budget, base amounts, or the application criteria and deadlines for a call.
Cited passages
Passage 1: How SDE++ works
SDE++ (Stimulering Duurzame Energieproductie en Klimaattransitie) is the Dutch government's main subsidy instrument for renewable energy production and CO2-reduction technologies, run by RVO on behalf of the Ministry responsible for climate and energy. It pays the gap between a technology's base cost per unit of energy or CO2 avoided and the market value of what it produces, for a fixed number of years (12 or 15, depending on the technology) rather than as a one-off grant.
SDE++: the subsidy scheme that funds CO2 storage projects like PorthosRVO.nl (Rijksdienst voor Ondernemend Nederland) · english.rvo.nl · retrieved 18 Sep 2026
Passage 2: CCS as an eligible technology
Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is one of the technology categories SDE++ funds, which is how the industrial users of Porthos and Aramis (Air Liquide, Air Products, ExxonMobil and Shell, in Porthos's case) can afford to pay for capturing and permanently storing their CO2 under the North Sea. Budgets are set per annual call for proposals; the 2026 call carried a headline budget of roughly €8 billion across all eligible technologies, not CCS alone.
SDE++: the subsidy scheme that funds CO2 storage projects like PorthosRVO.nl (Rijksdienst voor Ondernemend Nederland) · english.rvo.nl · retrieved 18 Sep 2026
Sources consulted
- SDE++: the subsidy scheme that funds CO2 storage projects like PorthosRVO.nl (Rijksdienst voor Ondernemend Nederland) · english.rvo.nl · retrieved 18 Sep 2026 · cited
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