Reserves and resources for CO2 storage in Europe: the CO2StoP project

摘要

Te challenge of climate change demands reduction in globalCO2 emissions. In order to fght global warming many countries are looking at technological solutions to keep the releaseof CO2 into the atmosphere under control. One of the mostpromising techniques is carbon dioxide capture and storage(CCS), also known as CO2 geological storage. CCS can reduce the world’s total CO2 release by about one quarter by2050 (IEA 2008, 2013; Metz et al. 2005). CCS usually involves a series of steps: (1) separation of the CO2 from thegases produced by large power plants or other point sources,(2) compression of the CO2 into supercritical ?uid, (3) transportation to a storage location and (4) injecting it into deepunderground geological formations.