Pre-commercial appraisal for CO2 aquifer storage
Funds site appraisal and an injection pilot test in a deep saline aquifer to speed up CO2 storage development, mainly in Central, Eastern and Southern Europe.
Costs are paid as a fixed lump sum rather than reimbursed actual spending, under the Commission's decision authorising lump-sum contributions in Horizon Europe. Injection tests can be run with water alone to hold down cost and testing time; adding CO2 or nitrogen to test injectivity under different phases is allowed but not required. Any use of satellite-based earth observation, positioning, navig…
The Commission wants applicants to find and evaluate candidate storage sites, running one injection pilot test at minimum in a deep saline aquifer at least 800 metres deep, to help close Europe’s CO2 storage capacity gap, particularly in Central, Eastern and Southern Europe. It wants proposals to work with a national competent authority to confirm the site is legally usable for CO2 storage and to show, from prior data, that there is no significant leakage or environmental risk.
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