Project description
Geological CO2 storage pilot in strategic territories
EU-funded PilotSTRATEGY is investigating geological CO2 storage sites in industrial regions of Southern and Eastern Europe to support development of large-scale carbon capture and storage (CCS). The research focuses on deep saline aquifers – porous rock formations filled with brine several kilometres below ground – which promise a large capacity for storing CO2 captured from clusters of industry. Detailed studies will be carried out on deep saline aquifers in the Paris Basin in France, the Lusitanian Basin in Portugal and the Ebro Basin in Spain. Researchers will also enhance knowledge of CO2 storage options in West Macedonia in Greece and Upper Silesia in Poland. PilotSTRATEGY will engage with citizens and stakeholders and ensure that community perspectives are fully represented in the project.
Objective
PilotSTRATEGY focuses on advancing understanding of deep saline aquifer (DSA) resources for geological CO2 storage in five European industrial regions in Southern and Eastern Europe. DSAs have much promise and potential for CO2 storage, but despite their high potential storage capacity, they are not well studied. There is a need to increase confidence and maturity of understanding of these sites.
PilotSTRATEGY will investigate DSA in detail in three regions of Southern Europe: Paris Basin (France), Lusitanian Basin (Portugal) and Ebro Basin (Spain). This will include acquisition of new data, detailed geo-characterisation, feasibility studies and preliminary design or pre-front end engineering and design studies. At the end of the project, the level of site characterisation in these three regions will be sufficient to allow a final investment decision to be made and for storage permitting and project approval to be obtained.
In two further regions of Eastern Europe, West Macedonia (Greece) and Upper Silesia (Poland), PilotSTRATEGY will increase the maturity and confidence level of understanding of DSA storage resources, based on new available data, reprocessing of old data and new dynamic simulation studies. This will enable these regions to start planning to develop their storage resources.
Recognising the social challenge of implementing geological CO2 storage, PilotSTRATEGY will take a systemic approach and analyse the factors that influence societal acceptance of storage sites, to develop methods for societal engagement. Regional stakeholders and the local public will be involved in developing recommendations and concepts as part of the pilot conceptualization and design. At the same time, PilotSTRATEGY will run a series of dialogues, “Talk with Authorities,” to support capacity building in local authorities and build policy makers’ awareness of geological CO2 storage, particularly the role of CCUS in just, net-zero transitions in all regions.
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RIA - Research and Innovation actionCoordinator
45060 Orleans
France
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Participants (18)
92500 Rueil Malmaison
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64000 Pau
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75010 Paris
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40160 Parentis-En-Born
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64000 Pau
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92569 Rueil-Malmaison
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28006 Madrid
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28040 MADRID
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28045 Madrid
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7000 803 Evora
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57001 Thermi Thessaloniki
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11525 ATHINA
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40-166 Katowice
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80686 Munchen
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EH8 9YL Edinburgh
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75005 Paris
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1600 189 Lisboa
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1349-065 LISBOA
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