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Publish date: March 28, 2014
Written by: Joanna Ciesielska
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The project, funded by the EU’s Seventh Framework Programme (FP7), has brought together 17 partners from research, industry and the consultancy sector from ten European countries. Five sites in different areas of Europe have been assessed, with the aim of determining whether they would be suitable for CO2 storage in the future. Building on these finds, SiteChar has aimed to provide a general method for assessing geologic suitability for storage.
The results state that the selection of a storage site is a complex process that needs to take into account a variety of aspects, all interrelated, involving a multiplicity of expertise. This should be done by a multi-disciplinary team, to make sure that the safety and security of storage is ensured and considered from all angles. The role of the regulator in steering the choices of the operator with regard to site choice, characterisation and monitoring is fundamental.
According to SiteChar, making the choice regarding the storage of CO2 at a given site should hence be the final step of a complex back-and-forth process which involves the operator, regulators and local communities.
SiteChar’s website can be found here and its summary report is available here.
Recent attacks on Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant "mark the beginning of a new and gravely dangerous front of the war," the UN atomic agency's director general said last week.
After years of inaction, Germany is working on its Carbon Management Strategy to resolve how CCS can play a role in climate action in industry. At the end of February, the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action published first key points and a proposal to amend the law Kohlenstoffdioxid Speicherungsgesetz (KSpG). Bellona Deutschland, who was actively involved in the previous stakeholder dialogue submitted a statement in the association hearing.
In the midst of a global discussion on whether natural gas should be used as a transitional fuel and whether emissions from its extraction, production, transport and use are significantly less than those from other fossil fuels, Russia has developed ambitious plans to increase its own production of liquified natural gas (LNG) in the Arctic – a region with 75% of proven gas reserves in Russia – to raise its share in the international gas trade.
In this news digest, we monitor events that impact the environment in the Russian Arctic. Our main focus lies in identifying the factors that contribute to pollution risks and climate change.