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CO2 underground storage is a safe and mature technology ready for broad implementation, as evidenced by over twenty years of successful storage offshore in Norway, combined with more recent onshore storage in Canada and the USA. In Europe, CCS benefits from a clear set of regulations and requirements under the 2009 EU CO2 Storage Directive that ensure the identification of appropriate storage sites and the safety of subsequent operation.

Areas of importance for R&I activities – input to DG RTD, European Commission (EC), by the Zero Emissions Platform (ZEP) and the European Energy Research Alliance (EERA) and with input from the CCUS SET-plan IMPACTS9 consortium.

This act writes into law the goal set out in the European Green Deal – for Europe’s economy and society to become climate-neutral by 2050. This means achieving net zero emissions for EU countries as a whole, mainly by cutting emissions, investing in green technologies and protecting the natural environment. The act will ensure thatContinue reading “ZEP comment to “Roadmap on European Climate Law””

Zero Emissions Platform (ZEP) would like to thank the European Commission for the opportunity to be part of the technical workshops on 5 and 6 February.

ZEP is delighted to see that the Innovation Fund has benefitted from the in-depth NER300 post-investment review. Among the many lessons learned, the most important one was that the difficulty arising from the counterparty risk due to the full value chain applications, hindered many CCS projects from successfully seeking funding from the NER300.

On 28 January, the Zero Emissions Platform organised a conference on “How European CO2 Transport and Storage infrastructure can enable an innovative industrial transition” at the European Parliament. The conference was hosted by Tom Berendsen MEP (EPP, NL) and Jens Geier MEP (S&D, DE). The conference was well attended with a turnout of almost 100Continue reading “ZEP Conference on CO2 Transport and Storage Infrastructure”

The Carbon Capture and Storage Association (CCSA) is hiring!   CCSA is seeking a highly motivated Communications and Events Officer for its Brussels office to support its work for the Zero Emissions Platform. Who we are Climate Change is one of the greatest challenges of our time and the possibility to capture, transport and storeContinue reading “Job opportunity: Communications and Events Officer (Brussels)”