SITECHAR
Characterisation of European CO2 storage
| Coordinatore | IFP Energies nouvelles
Organization address
address: AVENUE DE BOIS PREAU 1 & 4 contact info |
| Nazionalità Coordinatore | France [FR] |
| Totale costo | 5˙072˙670 € |
| EC contributo | 3˙720˙575 € |
| Programma | FP7-ENERGY
Specific Programme "Cooperation": Energy |
| Code Call | FP7-ENERGY-2010-1 |
| Funding Scheme | CP |
| Anno di inizio | 2011 |
| Periodo (anno-mese-giorno) | 2011-01-01 - 2013-12-31 |
Partecipanti
| # | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
IFP Energies nouvelles
Organization address
address: AVENUE DE BOIS PREAU 1 & 4 contact info |
FR (RUEIL MALMAISON) | coordinator | 681˙872.00 |
| 2 |
NEDERLANDSE ORGANISATIE VOOR TOEGEPAST NATUURWETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK TNO
Organization address
address: Schoemakerstraat 97 contact info |
NL (DEN HAAG) | participant | 371˙249.00 |
| 3 |
SINTEF PETROLEUM AS
Organization address
address: S P ANDERSENSV 15B contact info |
NO (Trondheim) | participant | 345˙000.00 |
| 4 |
NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL
Organization address
address: Polaris House, North Star Avenue contact info |
UK (SWINDON WILTSHIRE) | participant | 342˙126.00 |
| 5 |
ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OCEANOGRAFIA E DI GEOFISICA SPERIMENTALE
Organization address
address: Borgo Grotta Gigante 42/C contact info |
IT (SGONICO-TRIESTE) | participant | 339˙578.30 |
| 6 |
Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland
Organization address
address: Oster Voldgade 10 10 contact info |
DK (COPENHAGEN) | participant | 315˙000.00 |
| 7 |
UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI ROMA LA SAPIENZA
Organization address
address: Piazzale Aldo Moro 5 contact info |
IT (ROMA) | participant | 225˙000.00 |
| 8 |
STICHTING ENERGIEONDERZOEK CENTRUM NEDERLAND
Organization address
address: WESTERDUINWEG 3 contact info |
NL (PETTEN) | participant | 195˙000.00 |
| 9 |
IMPERIAL COLLEGE OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND MEDICINE
Organization address
address: SOUTH KENSINGTON CAMPUS EXHIBITION ROAD contact info |
UK (LONDON) | participant | 194˙750.00 |
| 10 |
AKADEMIA GORNICZO-HUTNICZA IM. STANISLAWA STASZICA W KRAKOWIE
Organization address
address: AL ADAMA MICKIEWICZA 30 contact info |
PL (KRAKOW) | participant | 150˙000.00 |
| 11 |
Helmholtz-Zentrum Potsdam Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum
Organization address
address: Telegraphenberg contact info |
DE (POTSDAM) | participant | 150˙000.00 |
| 12 |
UNABHANGIGES INSTITUT FUR UMWELTFRAGEN - UFU - EV
Organization address
address: GREIFSWALDER STRASSE 4 contact info |
DE (BERLIN) | participant | 134˙999.70 |
| 13 |
POLSKIE GORNICTWO NAFTOWE I GAZOWNICTWO SA
Organization address
address: UL. MARCINA KASPRZAKA 25 contact info |
PL (WARSZAWA) | participant | 100˙000.00 |
| 14 |
STATOIL PETROLEUM AS
Organization address
address: FORUSBEEN 50 contact info |
NO (STAVANGER) | participant | 85˙000.00 |
| 15 |
VATTENFALL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AB
Organization address
city: ALVKARLEBY contact info |
SE (ALVKARLEBY) | participant | 85˙000.00 |
| 16 |
SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT
Organization address
address: "St Andrews House, Regent Road" contact info |
UK (EDINBURGH) | participant | 6˙000.00 |
| 17 |
Enel Ingegneria e Innovazione SpA
Organization address
address: Viale Regina Margherita 125 contact info |
IT (Rome) | participant | 0.00 |
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Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)
'SiteChar will facilitate the implementation of CO2 storage in Europe by improving and extending standard site characterisation workflows, and by establishing the feasibility of CO2 storage on representative potential CO2 complexes suitable for development in the near term.
Reasonable estimates of the theoretical capacities of storage sites have been undertaken in previous studies. We will develop a workflow to undertake site characterisation, assessment of risks and development of monitoring plans necessary to reach the final stage of licensing. We will perform detailed site-specific techno-economic analyses and evaluate injection strategies, based on credible and realistic sources of CO2. We will undertake in-depth activities to enhance public awareness.
The SiteChar workflow will be tested at a range of onshore and offshore, open and structural traps and depleted hydrocarbon reservoirs, located across Europe. Site characterisation will be placed in an economic context. A key innovation will be the development of internal dry-run licence applications for 2 sites, tested by relevant regulatory authorities. This iterative process will refine the storage site characterisation workflow and identify gaps in site-specific characterisation needed to secure storage licenses under the EC Directive, as implemented in ‘host’ member states. In addition, we will address critical points of the workflow, such as screening of multiple options, fault geomechanics, reactive flow simulation, the presence of geological heterogeneity, trapping mechanisms, a Framework for Risk Assessment and Management and sensitivity analysis. These studies will be conducted through a strong collaboration of experienced industrial and academic research partners. SiteChar will produce practical guidelines for site characterisation and advance a portfolio of sites to a (near-) completed feasibility stage, ready for detailed front-end engineering and design.'
Introduzione (Teaser)
An EU-funded project has improved the assessment of geological sites for long-term carbon geological storage and the preparation of storage permit applications.
Descrizione progetto (Article)
Europe's energy supply needs cost-effective solutions for near-zero emission technologies of a high environmental standard. Likewise, the capture and storage of carbon dioxide (CO2) associated with cleaner fossil fuel-using power plants is essential.
With this in mind, the 'Characterisation of European CO2 storage' (http://www.sitechar-co2.eu (SITECHAR)) project, funded by the EU, studied potential geological storage sites. It aimed to deliver a methodology for the assessment of such sites and the preparation of storage permits. This would incorporate technical and economic data, as well as a social dimension, to support large-scale carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects.
Five potential storage sites in Europe were selected as test sites for the project. Two of these were characterised to a level suitable for a storage permit application, which was evaluated by a group of independent experts. Studies conducted at the other sites aimed to overcome specific barriers related to site characterisation methodology.
The differences between the five research sites allowed SITECHAR to better define parameters involved in site evaluation. These schemes will define what work needs to be done in order to comply with the EU's Storage Directive.
An important aspect of SITECHAR addressed public awareness of CCS projects, through online and in-person meetings and discussions. Surveys were conducted to better understand the public's awareness and understanding of CSS.
One of the project's final deliverables was a set of practical guidelines for developers and regulators, designed to ensure favourable site characterisation for CO2 storage. Thus, SITECHAR provided a valuable tool for the roll-out of geological storage on an industrial scale in Europe.