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 construct 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. In addition, social aspects will be examined to gauge public acceptance of the project and to incorporate important interest groups.

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.

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  1. Three on- and offshore CO2 storage sites in the three most advanced regions: France, Portugal and Spain. The construction phase (application for authorization) is scheduled to begin by the end of the project in 2026.
  2. Advancement of the development stage and readiness assessment of storage resources in the two other regions (Greece and Poland).
  3. Identification and integration of the relevant end users and interest groups for implementing new CO2 pilot storage projects.
  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 updated constantly and are available here.

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