SITECHAR

Characterisation of European CO2 storage

Coordinatore	IFP Energies nouvelles    more  Organization address address: AVENUE DE BOIS PREAU 1 & 4 city: RUEIL MALMAISON postcode: 92500 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Florence Cognome: Delprat-Jannaud Email: send email Telefono: +33 1 47 52 74 31 Fax: +33 1 47 52 70 98
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

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	IFP Energies nouvelles  Organization address address: AVENUE DE BOIS PREAU 1 & 4 city: RUEIL MALMAISON postcode: 92500 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Florence Cognome: Delprat-Jannaud Email: send email Telefono: +33 1 47 52 74 31 Fax: +33 1 47 52 70 98	FR (RUEIL MALMAISON)	coordinator	681˙872.00
2	NEDERLANDSE ORGANISATIE VOOR TOEGEPAST NATUURWETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK TNO  Organization address address: Schoemakerstraat 97 city: DEN HAAG postcode: 2600 JA contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Cees Cognome: Melman Email: send email Telefono: +31 30 2564445 Fax: +31 30 2564445	NL (DEN HAAG)	participant	371˙249.00
3	SINTEF PETROLEUM AS  Organization address address: S P ANDERSENSV 15B city: Trondheim postcode: 7031 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Ane Elisabet Cognome: Lothe Email: send email Telefono: +47 73591391 Fax: +47 73591102	NO (Trondheim)	participant	345˙000.00
4	NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL  Organization address address: Polaris House, North Star Avenue city: SWINDON WILTSHIRE postcode: SN2 1EU contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Maxine Carole Cognome: Akhurst Email: send email Telefono: 1316500285	UK (SWINDON WILTSHIRE)	participant	342˙126.00
5	ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OCEANOGRAFIA E DI GEOFISICA SPERIMENTALE  Organization address address: Borgo Grotta Gigante 42/C city: SGONICO-TRIESTE postcode: 34010 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Sergio Cognome: Persoglia Email: send email Telefono: +39 040 2140229 Fax: +39 040 327307	IT (SGONICO-TRIESTE)	participant	339˙578.30
6	Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland  Organization address address: Oster Voldgade 10 10 city: COPENHAGEN postcode: 1350 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Peter Cognome: Frykman Email: send email Telefono: 4538142439 Fax: 4538142050	DK (COPENHAGEN)	participant	315˙000.00
7	UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI ROMA LA SAPIENZA  Organization address address: Piazzale Aldo Moro 5 city: ROMA postcode: 185 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Daniela Cognome: Felici Email: send email Telefono: +39 06 959938229 Fax: +39 06 959938207	IT (ROMA)	participant	225˙000.00
8	STICHTING ENERGIEONDERZOEK CENTRUM NEDERLAND  Organization address address: WESTERDUINWEG 3 city: PETTEN postcode: 1755 LE contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Maaike Cognome: Brouwer Email: send email Telefono: +31 224 564085 Fax: +31 224 564970	NL (PETTEN)	participant	195˙000.00
9	IMPERIAL COLLEGE OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND MEDICINE  Organization address address: SOUTH KENSINGTON CAMPUS EXHIBITION ROAD city: LONDON postcode: SW7 2AZ contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Shaun Cognome: Power Email: send email Telefono: 442076000000 Fax: 442076000000	UK (LONDON)	participant	194˙750.00
10	AKADEMIA GORNICZO-HUTNICZA IM. STANISLAWA STASZICA W KRAKOWIE  Organization address address: AL ADAMA MICKIEWICZA 30 city: KRAKOW postcode: 30-059 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Stanislaw Cognome: Nagy Email: send email Telefono: 48695090160 Fax: 48126172209	PL (KRAKOW)	participant	150˙000.00
11	Helmholtz-Zentrum Potsdam Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum  Organization address address: Telegraphenberg city: POTSDAM postcode: 14473 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Claas Cognome: Schippmann Email: send email Telefono: +49 331 288 1620 Fax: +49 331 288 1628	DE (POTSDAM)	participant	150˙000.00
12	UNABHANGIGES INSTITUT FUR UMWELTFRAGEN - UFU - EV  Organization address address: GREIFSWALDER STRASSE 4 city: BERLIN postcode: 10405 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: René Cognome: Zimmer Email: send email Telefono: +49 30 428499334 Fax: +49 30 42800485	DE (BERLIN)	participant	134˙999.70
13	POLSKIE GORNICTWO NAFTOWE I GAZOWNICTWO SA  Organization address address: UL. MARCINA KASPRZAKA 25 city: WARSZAWA postcode: 01 224 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Marcin Cognome: Mazurowski Email: send email Telefono: +48 22 589 4363 Fax: +48 22 589 43 78	PL (WARSZAWA)	participant	100˙000.00
14	STATOIL PETROLEUM AS  Organization address address: FORUSBEEN 50 city: STAVANGER postcode: 4035 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Bjørn Cognome: Berger Email: send email Telefono: +47 48034885 Fax: 4773584282	NO (STAVANGER)	participant	85˙000.00
15	VATTENFALL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AB  Organization address city: ALVKARLEBY postcode: 814 26 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Christian Cognome: Bernstone Email: send email Telefono: +46 7033 8382 7 Fax: +46 7033 8382 7	SE (ALVKARLEBY)	participant	85˙000.00
16	SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT  Organization address address: "St Andrews House, Regent Road" city: EDINBURGH postcode: EH1 3DG contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Ross Cognome: Loveridge Email: send email Telefono: 443002000000	UK (EDINBURGH)	participant	6˙000.00
17	Enel Ingegneria e Innovazione SpA  Organization address address: Viale Regina Margherita 125 city: Rome postcode: 198 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Maurizio Cognome: Gentili Email: send email Telefono: +39 050 6185822 Fax: +39 050 533290	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.