Objective With the increase in EU member countries to 25 comes an increase in the challenge of reducing CO2 emissions Europe wide. Especially for Kyoto Protocol Annex 1 countries, whose challenge is to cut CO2 emissions by 8% by 2008-2012 and probably deeper cuts th ereafter. At the same time energy demand is rising and our reliance on fossil fuels is unlikely to diminish in the near to medium term. As a result the big challenge is to reduce CO2 emissions from fossil fuels. Carbon dioxide capture and geological stor age (CCS) could make huge cuts in CO2 emissions in the near to mid term. In order for CCS to be adopted on a large-scale assessment of the storage potential Europe wide is essential. The GeoCapacity project will focus on countries in eastern, central and s outhern Europe not previously covered in detail. This project will provide the data required for the Europe wide adoption of CCS. The project will focus on applying advanced evaluation techniques (GIS, DSS) and complementing the datasets by emission, inf rastructure and storage site mapping as well as undertaking economic evaluations. This will enable source-to-sink matching across Europe. Site selection criteria, standards and methodologies will be created and applied to the project. Locating potential CO 2 storage sites may be essential to the emergence of the hydrogen economy. Production of hydrogen will be heavily reliant on fossil fuels at least in its early development and will have to consider CO2 reduction strategies. GeoCapacities will also begin to build towards a framework for international cooperation especially with other CSLF countries beginning with China (possibly later with India and Russia). Focusing on technology transfer facilitating the countries to undertake similar studies, as these cou ntries perhaps face an even greater challenge to reduce CO2 emissions due to their rapidly growing energy demands. This project will be built on east - west and international cooperation. Fields of science engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringgeotechnicsengineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringgeological engineeringnatural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesenvironmental sciences Programme(s) FP6-SUSTDEV - Sustainable Development, Global Change and Ecosystems: thematic priority 6 under the Focusing and Integrating Community Research programme 2002-2006. Topic(s) SUSTDEV-1.2.7 - Capture and sequestration of CO2 Call for proposal FP6-2004-ENERGY-3 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme STIP - Specific Targeted Innovation Project Coordinator DANMARKS OG GROENLANDS GEOLOGISKE UNDERSOEGELSE EU contribution No data Address Oster Voldgade 10 COPENHAGEN Denmark See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (25) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all BUNDESANSTALT FUER GEOWISSENSCHAFTEN UND ROHSTOFFE Germany EU contribution No data Address Stilleweg 2 HANNOVER See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data BUREAU DE RECHERCHES GEOLOGIQUES ET MINIERES France EU contribution No data Address 39-43, Quai Andre Citroen - Tour Mirabeau PARIS See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data CESKA GEOLOGICKA SLUZBA Czechia EU contribution No data Address Klarov 3 PRAGUE See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data ECOFYS B.V. Netherlands EU contribution No data Address Kanaalweg 16G UTRECHT See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data ENDESA GENERACION SA Spain EU contribution No data Address Avenida de la Borbolla, 5 SEVILLA See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data ENITECNOLOGIE S.P.A. Italy EU contribution No data Address Via Felice Maritano 26 SAN DONATO MILANESE See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data GEOINZENIRING D.O.O Slovenia EU contribution No data Address Dimiceva 14 LJUBLJANA See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data GEOLOGIJOS IR GEOGRAFIJOS INSTITUTAS Lithuania EU contribution No data Address T. Sevcenkos 13 VILNIUS See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data INSTITUT FRANCAIS DU PETROLE France EU contribution No data Address 1 et 4 Avenue de Bois-Preau RUEIL MALMAISON See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL EXPLORATION Greece EU contribution No data Address Messoghion Street 70 ATHENS See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data INSTITUTO GEOLOGICO Y MINERO DE ESPANA Spain EU contribution No data Address Rios Rosas 23 MADRID See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OCEANOGRAFIA E DI GEOFISICA SPERIMENTALE Italy EU contribution No data Address Borgo Grotta Gigante 42/C SGONICO-TRIESTE See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data LATVIJAS VIDES, GEOLOGIJAS UN METEOROLOGIJAS AGENTURA Latvia EU contribution No data Address Maskavas Street 165 RIGA See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data MAGYAR ALLAMI EOTVOS LORAND GEOFIZIKAI INTEZET Hungary EU contribution No data Address Kolumbusz u. 17-23 BUDAPESTI See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data MINERAL AND ENERGY ECONOMY RESEARCH INSTITUTE - POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES Poland EU contribution No data Address Wybickiego 7 KRAKOW See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MARINE GEOLOGY AND GEO-ECOLOGY Romania EU contribution No data Address Dimitrie Onciul Street 23-25 BUCURESTI See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address Polaris House, North Star Avenue SWINDON WILTHSHIRE See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data NEDERLANDSE ORGANISATIE VOOR TOEGEPAST NATUURWETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK - TNO Netherlands EU contribution No data Address Schoemakerstraat 97 DELFT See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data PRZEDSIEBIORSTWO BADAN GEOFIZYCZNYCH Poland EU contribution No data Address Jegiellonska 76 WARSZAWA See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data SOFIISKI UNIVERSITET "SVETI KLIMENT OHRIDSKI" Bulgaria EU contribution No data Address Tzar Osvoboditel boulevard 15 SOFIA See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data STATE GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF DIONYZ STUR Slovakia EU contribution No data Address Mlynska dolina 1 BRATISLAVA See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data SVEUCILISTE U ZAGREBU - RUDARSKO-GEOLOSKO-NAFTNI FAKULTET Croatia EU contribution No data Address Pierottijeva 6 ZAGREB See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data TALLINNA TEHNIKAULIKOOL GEOLOOGIA INSTITUUT Estonia EU contribution No data Address Estonia pst 7 TALLINN See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY China EU contribution No data Address Qing Yu Yuan BEIJING See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data VATTENFALL UTVECKLING AB Sweden EU contribution No data Address Aelvkarlebylaboratoriet AELVKARLEBY See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data