COREu - CO2 Routes Across Europe

ID Call: HORIZON-CL5-2023-D3-01 Renewable Energy Valleys to increase energy security while accelerating the green transition in Europe

Sapienza's role in the project: Other beneficiary

Scientific supervisor for Sapienza: Stanley Beaubien

Department: Earth Sciences

Project start date: January 1, 2024

Project end date: December 31, 2027

Abstract:

Started in January 2024 for a 4-year period, COREu is the largest Research and Innovation project in Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) ever funded by a European program. COREu is an ambitious initiative that aims to accelerate the transition to a low-carbon future by demonstrating key technologies for the entire CCS value chain in Southern Europe and supporting the development of CCS routes linking emitters with storage sites in Central Eastern Europe. Coordinated by Sintef, the project brings together a consortium of over 40 partners including emitters, technology providers, gas transmission system operators, transportation companies, research institutes and universities, all known for their expertise and leadership in this field. To achieve its goals, COREu brings together four potential routes and the relevant stakeholders under the same project: Prinos/Kavala in Greece, South Moravia in the Czech Republic, Baltic/Gdansk in Poland and Western Ukraine. Through these routes, COREu will initiate the development of an open-access, transnational network to connect emitters with storage sites across Europe. The project will focus on multimodal transportation and the creation of emitter clusters to create the necessary demand and investment rationale for the deployment of CCS.

Sapienza will be contribute to environmental monitoring at the Prinos site (located in the Aegean Sea within the Bay of Kavala, Greece) and is the leader of Task 5.3 Environmental risk assessment.