Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research ISI
Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research ISI

Project

PilotSTRATEGY - CO2 Geological Pilots in Strategic Territories

The PilotSTRATEGY project is investigating the storage of CO2 in deep saline aquifers in five industrial regions of southern and eastern Europe. There are plans to prepare pilot plants to store CO2 in France, Portugal and Spain as part of the project. New seismic, geological and social data will be collected to document each region in detail, and feasibility studies and/or preliminary studies will be conducted for the technical planning of CO2 storage.

For the regions in Greece and Poland, the project focuses on improving the understanding of DSA (deep saline aquifer) storage resources based on dynamic simulation studies and the processing of existing and newly available data.

In addition, social aspects will be examined for all regions to gauge public acceptance of the project and to incorporate important interest groups. Furthermore, the social studies are embedded in the respective political frameworks. Fraunhofer ISI is responsible for coordinating this work.

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  1. Three on- and offshore CO2 storage sites in the three most advanced regions: France, Portugal and Spain. Their implementation (application for authorization) is expected to be completed by the end of the project in 2026.
  2. Improvement of the database of storage resources in the two other regions (Greece and Poland).
  3. Identification and integration of the relevant actors and interest groups for implementing new CO2 pilot storage projects as well as assessment of the political framework conditions.
  4. PilotSTRATEGY aims to pave the way toward a comprehensive and active development of operational storage sites by the end of the project.

The results are available here. The findings on the social dimension are summarized in a policy brief.

Duration

May 2021 until April 2026

Clients

  • The project is funded by the European Commission as part of its Horizon 2020 program (H2020, LC-SC3-2020, RIA). 

Partners

The project is led and coordinated by the Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières (BRGM). Alongside Fraunhofer ISI, there are 15 partners from six other EU countries:

  • France: Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières (BRGM – project coordinator), IFP Energies nouvelles (IFPEN), Pole AVENIA, Geostock, Institut SYMLOG
  • Spain:  Instituto Geológico y Minero de España (IGME), Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas (CIEMAT), Refineria de Petróleos de Escombreras Oil (Repsol, S.A.)
  • Portugal: University of Evora (UEVORA), Instituto de Ciências Sociais da Universidade de Lisboa (ICS), Galp Energia
  • Greece: Ethniko Kentro Erevnas Kai Technologikis (CERTH), Hellenic Hydrocarbon Resources Management (HHRM)
  • United Kingdom: University of Edinburgh (UEDIN)
  • Poland: Glowny Instytut Gornictwa (GIG)Partner