The first successful injection from Schwarze Pumpe in the test storage site in Ketzin happened on May 4th. The R&D site in Ketzin is run by the German Research Centre for Geosciences, GFZ. Until then, only food-grade CO₂ has been injected in Ketzin and this is the first time CO₂ derived from the flue gases of a CCS plant has been injected.

– We are delighted that the CO₂ produced in Schwarze Pumpe will be used in Ketzin. It allows us to make an important contribution to research in the field of CO₂ storage and helps to further advance the development of CCS, says Dr. Wolfgang Rolland Managing Director of Vattenfall Europe Carbon Storage GmbH in a press release

The pilot-scale injection site in Ketzin is the first European research site for geological storage in an on-shore saline aquifer. Since June 2008, around 48,500 tonnes of food grade CO₂ have been injected and stored here. The injection of CO₂ from a CCS capture plant is realised within the framework of a research project, CO₂MAN, partly funded by the German Federal Ministry of Research and Education.