Much work in the EU is undertaken by national organisations, such as Surveys, Research Institutes or Research laboratories. The UK has few of these. However, the UK participates in many EU networks. These are addressing generic trans-national problems of combustion technology, transport, and geological storage.
| Project |
Objectives |
Action Line |
Type of Action |
UK Participants |
Co-ordinator and Partners |
Total Funding |
EU Funding |
Duration |
Annual Spend |
| DECARBIT: Enabling advanced pre-combustion capture techniques and plants | DECARBit responds to the urgent need for further research and development in advanced pre-combustion capture techniques to substantially reduce emissions of greenhouse gases from fossil fuel power plants. The project will accelerate the technology development and contribute to the deployment of large scale carbon capture and storage (CCS) plants in line with the adopted European policies for emission reductions. | FP7: ENERGY-2007-5.1-01 Advanced pre-combustion capture techniques | Large-scale integrating project | ALSTOM Power Ltd, University of Ulster | SINTEF Energiforskning AS, Norway
16 partners | €15.48m | €10.22m | 2008-1-1 to 2011-12-31
48 months | €2.56m |
| CESAR: CO2 Enhanced Separation and Recovery | CESAR aims for a breakthrough in the development of low-cost post-combustion CO2 capture technology to provide economically feasible solutions for both new power plants and retrofit of existing power plants which are responsible for the majority of all anthropogenic CO2 emissions (worldwide, approx. 5,000 power plants emit around 11 GtCO2/year). | FP7: ENERGY-2007-5.1-03 Advanced separation techniques | Collaborative Project (small or medium scale focused project) | Doosan Babcock Energy Limited, E.ON UK PLC, RWE NPower PLC | Nederlandse Organisatie voor toegepast-natuurwetenschappelijk onderzoek - TNO, Netherlands
22 partners | €6.7m | €4m | 2008-02-01 to 2011-05-31
40 months | €1.2m |
| CAESAR: CArbon-free Electricity by SEWGS: Advanced materials, Reactor and process design | The proposed project CAESAR is building on work currently performed with the FP6 IP CACHET. One of the four pre combustion CO2 capture technologies that are being developed in CACHET is the Sorption Enhanced Water Gas Shift (SEWGS) process. The SEWGS process produces hot, high pressure H2 in a catalytic CO shift reactor with simultaneous adsorption of CO2 on a high temperature adsorbent. | FP7: ENERGY-2007-5.1-04 Separation techniques in gaseous fuel power generation (RTD) | Small or medium-scale focused research project | Air Products OLC, BP Exploration Operating Company Ltd | Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands
5 partners | €3.14m | €2.26m | 2008-01-01 to 2011-12-31
48 months | €0.57m |
| STRACO2: Support to Regulatory Activities for Carbon Capture and Storage | STRACO2 will support the ongoing development of a comprehensive regulatory framework in the European Union for CO2 capture and storage technologies (CCS) for zero emission applications. This will respond to the requirements of multi-stakeholder groups in Europe affected by these technologies and their applications both domestically in Europe and under future inclusion in emissions trading schemes and Kyoto mechanisms. | FP7: ENERGY-2007-5+6.2-01 Support to regulatory activities for CO2 capture and storage | Support actions | Development Solutions Europe Ltd | Bureau de recherches g ologiques et mini res, France
9 partners | €1.04m | €0.86m | 2008-01-01 to 2009-06-30
18 months | €0.57m |
| ENCAP: Enhanced Capture of CO2 | The objective is to develop new pre-combustion CO2-capture technologies and processes for power generation based on fossil fuels - mainly hard coal, lignite and natural gas - that are conceived as affordable and clean, and which can be integrated with sustainable energy systems. | FP6: SUSTDEV-1.2.7: M-L Capture and sequestration of CO2 | Integrated project | Mitsui Babcock
Alstom Power
BOC
University of Ulster | Vattenfall AB
27 partners | €22.17m | €10.7m | March 2004 - March 2009 | €2.14m |
| CASTOR: CO2 from Capture to Storage | To enable the capture and geological storage of 10 of the CO2 emissions of Europe, which corresponds to about 30 of CO2 emitted by European power and industrial plants. Sub-projects cover: Strategy for CO2 reduction; Post-combustion capture; and CO2 storage performance and risk assessment studies | FP6-SUSTDEV-1.2.7: M-L
Capture and sequestration of CO2 | Integrated project | Natural Environment Research Council
Imperial College
Mitsui Babcock
Powergen | Institut Francais du Petrole
30 partners | €15.84m | €8.5m | February 2004 February 2008 | €2.13m |
| CO2REMOVE: CO2 Geological Storage: Research into Monitoring and Verification Technology | The aim is to test CO2 monitoring and verification technologies at real CO2 injection sites, specifically Sleipner, In Salah and Snøhvit and possibly additional sites as they begin to store CO2. At Sleipner it will continue monitoring where the SACS and CO2STORE projects left off | FP6: SUSTDEV-1.2.7 Capture and sequestration of CO2 | Integrated project | Natural Environment Research Council, BP International Limited, Imperial College, Quintessa Ltd, IEA Environmental Projects Ltd | Nederlandse Organisatie Voor Toegepast Natuurweten Schappelijk Onderzoek - TNO
23 partners | €15.05m | €8.0m | March 2006- Feb 2011 | |
| CACHET: Carbon Dioxide Capture and Hydrogen Production from Gaseous Fuels | CACHET aims to develop technologies to significantly reduce the cost of CO2 capture from natural gas with H2 production. The primary objective is to reduce the cost of CO2 capture from current levels to 20-30 per tonne. | FP6: SUSTDEV-
1.2.7 Capture and sequestration of CO2 | Integrated Project | BP Exploration Operating Company Ltd
E.ON UK PLC
Air Products Plc
Meggitt (UK) Ltd | BP Exploration Operating Company Ltd
28 partners | €13.45m | €7.5m | March 2006 - March 2009 | €2.5m |
| CO2SINK: In-situ R&D Laboratory for Geological Storage of CO2 | A better understanding of the science of CO2 sequestration is needed. The CO2SINK integrated project aims at developing this basis by injection of CO2 into a saline aquifer underneath the city of Ketzin near Berlin. | FP6: SUSTDEV-1.2.7: M-L Capture and sequestration of CO2 | Integrated Project | University of Kent | GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam
13 partners | €12.68m | €8.7m | April 2004 - April 2009 | €1.74m |
| DYNAMIS: Towards Hydrogen and Electricity Production with Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage | The main objective is to prepare the ground for large-scale European facilities producing hydrogen and electricity from fossil fuels with CO2 capture and geological storage. | FP6: SUSTDEV-1.2.7 Capture and sequestration of CO2 | Integrated Project | Natural Environment Research Council
BP International Ltd
E.ON UK PLC
Progressive Energy Ltd
IEA Environmental Project Ltd | Sintef Energiforskning A/S
29 partners | €7.46m | €4m | March 2006 - March 2009 | €1.3m |
| CO2GeoNet: Network of Excellence on Geological Sequestration of CO2 | CO2GeoNet (13 institutes) contains a critical mass of research activity in the area of underground carbon dioxide (CO2) storage | FP6-SUSTDEV-1.2.7: M-L Capture and sequestration of CO2 | Network of excellence | British Geological Survey
Heriot-Watt University
Imperial College | British Geological Survey
12 partners | Not Specified | €6.0m | April 2004 April 2009 | €1.2m |
| EU GEOCAPACITY: Assessing European Capacity for Geological Storage of Carbon Dioxide | The GeoCapacity project will focus on countries in eastern, central and southern Europe not previously covered in detail. This project will provide the data required for the Europe wide adoption of CCS. | SUSTDEV-1.2.7 Capture and sequestration of CO2 | Specific Targeted Research Project | NERC | Danmarks og Groenlands Geologiske Undersoegelse
26 partners | €3.59m | €1.9m | January 2006 - January 2009 | €0.6m |
| DESANNS: Advanced separation and storage of carbon dioxide: Design, Synthesis and Applications of Novel Nanoporous Sorbents | CO2 that will be critically important in the future European H2 based economy. It is crucial to find a new route to capture and store CO2 produced during various industrial processes with different conditions. The present project aims to initiate novel synthesis strategies for adsorbents with specific properties with respect to gases, notably carbon dioxide, and operating conditions of industrial processes. | FP6: SUSTDEV-1.2.7 Capture and sequestration of CO2 | Specific Targeted Research Project | University of St Andrews
University of Edinburgh
The Royal Institution of Great Britain | Centre national de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
8 partners | €3.48m | €2.5m | January 2006 - January 2009 | €0.8m |
| FENCO: Fossil Energy Coalition | FENCO-ERA networks national R&D activities in fossil energy conversion and CO2 capture and storage. It provides a platform for information exchange on fossil fuel R&D activities at national and regional level; establishes a common knowledge base for zero emission power plants; and strengthens the European R&D and demonstration infrastructure through joint programming, management, personnel exchange and targeted integration activities. | FP6 | ERANET | DTI
Future Energy Solutions (AEA Technology) | Forschungszentrum J lich Projekttr ger J lich
17 partners | €3.00m | €3.00m | Jun 2005 May 2009 | €0.75m |
| ISCC: Innovative In Situ CO2 Capture Technology for Solid Fuel Gasification | The proposed project aims on exploiting this potential to produce a gas stream in the regeneration process consisting of >95 CO2. | FP6: SUSTDEV-1.2.7: M-L Capture and sequestration of CO2 | Specific Targeted Research Project | University of Ulster | Universitaet Stuttgart
14 partners | €2.91m | €1.9m | January 2004 - January 2007 | €0.63m |
| C3-CAPTURE: Calcium Cycle For Efficient and Low Cost CO2 Capture in fluidised bed systems | The project aims on developing a dry CO2 capture system for atmospheric and pressurized fluidised bed boilers | FP6: SUSTDEV-1.2.7: M-L Capture and sequestration of CO2 | Specific Targeted Research Project | Cranfield University | Universitaet Stuttgart
12 partners | €2.72m | €1.8m | September 2005 - September 2008 | €0.6m |
| HY2SEPS: Hybrid hydrogen - carbon dioxide separation systems | The main goal of this project is the development of a hybrid membrane / Pressure Swing Adsorption (PSA) H2/CO2 separation process, which will be a part of a fossil fuel de-carbonisation process used for the pre-combustion CO2 capture | FP6: SUSTDEV-1.2.7 Capture and sequestration of CO2 | Specific Targeted Research Project | Imperial College
Process Systems Enterprise | Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas
7 partners | €2.53m | €1.56m | September 2005 - October 2008 | €0.52m |
| INCA-CO2: International Co-operation Actions on CO2 Capture and Storage | Aimed at strengthening European excellence and enhancing technical competitiveness of Europe in the area of CO2 Capture and Storage (CCS) | FP6: SUSTDEV-2003-1.2.9: M-L Support to the strategic objectives of the programme | Specific Support Action | Alstom Power
BP International Ltd
NERC | Institut Francais du Petrole
10 partners | €0.71m | €0.44m | October 2004 - October 2007 | €0.15m |
| ZEFPP: Zero Emission Fossil Fuel Power Plants | The initial scope of the Platform aims at identifying and removing the obstacles to the creation of highly efficient power plants with near-zero emissions which will drastically reduce the environmental impact of fossil fuel use, particularly coal. This will include CO2 capture and storage, as well as clean conversion technologies leading to substantial improvements in plant efficiency, reliability and costs. | | European Technology Platform | Alstom; British Geological Society; Mitsui Babcock; Shell Gas and Power (Advisory Council) | European Commission | | | 2004 - | |
| GESTCO: European potential for geological storage of CO2 from fossil fuel combustion | The principal objective of GESTCO is to make a major contribution to the reduction in CO2 emissions to the atmosphere and so ensuring Europe a continued stable supply of affordable and environmentally acceptable energy. | FP5: Economic and Efficient Energy for a Competitive Europe | Cost sharing contracts | Natural Environment Research Council | Geological Survery of Denmark and Greenland
10 partners | €3.80m | €0.19m | 2000-03-01 to 2003-03-01
36 months | €0.063m |
| RECOPOL: Reduction of CO2 emission by means of CO2 storage in coal seams in the Silesian coal basin of Poland (management of ghg emissions) (RECOPOL) | In this project the feasibility of greenhouse gas emission reduction by CO2 storage in subsurface coal seams is studied. Locally produced CO2 or flue gas from a power plant is injected in the coal at a selected test site in the Silesian Coal Basin (Poland), while CH4 is produced simultaneously. The CH4 can be used as fuel for clean energy generation, without net CO2 emissions. | FP5: Cleaner Energy Systems, including Renewable Energies, Reduction of local and global environment degrading emissions | Cost sharing contracts | CRE Group Ltd | Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research - TNO
11 partners | €3.74m | €1.71m | 2001-11-01 to 2005-07-31
45 months | €0.46m |
| NASCENT: Natural analogues to the storage of CO2 in the geological environment (NASCENT) | NASCENT will address key issues of geological CO2 sequestration by using natural CO2 occurrences as analogues for geological repositories of anthropogenic CO2.The issues include the long-term safety and stability of storage underground and the potential environmental effects of leakage from an underground reservoir. The project will provide clear information to assess and support management of the potential risks to the environment and thus, it will make a direct contribution to the environmental protection objectives of the programme. | FP5: Cleaner Energy Systems, including Renewable Energies, Reduction of local and global environment degrading emissions | Cost sharing contracts | BP Exploration Operating Company Ltd,
CRE Group Ltd,
Natural Environment Research Council | Natural Environment Research Council
12 partners | €3.29m | €1.86m | 2001-01-01 to 2004-04-30
40 months | €0.56m |
| GRACE: Grangemouth advanced CO2 Capture Project (GRACE) | GRACE sets out a two-year programme that aims to develop technologies that will achieve a step change in the cost of capture and separation of carbon dioxide. In addition to further development of existing technologies, the project will research and develop new technologies from their current concept stages to feasible working models. | FP5: Cleaner Energy Systems, including Renewable Energies, Reduction of local and global environment degrading emissions | Cost sharing contracts | BP Exploration Operating Company Ltd | BP Exploration Operating Company Ltd
9 partners | €3.20m | €2.15m | 2001-12-01 to 2003-12-31
25 months | €0.93m |
| SACS2: Saline aquifer CO2 storage (2) - demonstration in the Sleipner field (‘sacs2’) | SACS2 (This application) will monitor and verify the distribution of the CO2, bubble for two more years. Methods will be tested for prediction of the CO2 behaviour thousands of years into the future. RESULTS: Through monitoring and verification of integrated use of existing models, the SACS2 project will provide a scientifically based “Best-Practice-Manual”. | FP5: Economic and Efficient Energy for a Competitive Europe | Cost sharing contracts | CRE Group Ltd,
Natural Environment Research Council,
BP Exploration Operating Company Ltd | BP Exploration Operating Company Ltd
12 partners | €3.03m | €1.20m | 2000-04-01 to 2002-10-31
31 months | €0.46m |
| CO2STORE: On-land long term saline aquifer CO2 storage (CO2STORE) | EU is required to reduce its CO2 emissions by 8 by 2008-2012, later deeper cuts are foreseen. CO2 underground storage is one of the few options that can meet these obligations. The present project investigates four new potential cases for CO2-reservoirs, mainly on land. It will continue reservoir simulations and study geochemical reactions to develop final-fate prediction models. This will be supported by new seismic observations. At the same time gravimetrics is introduced as a new method better suited on land. This proposal builds directly on the Thermie/5FP SACS2 project results, which involved monitoring and modelling the injection of CO2 into the Utsira Sand aquifer, at Sleipner gas field, offshore Norway. | FP5: Cleaner Energy Systems, including Renewable Energies | Cost sharing contracts | Natural Environment Research Council,
Bp Exploration Operating Company Ltd,
IEA Environmental Projects Ltd,
Progressive Energy Limited | Statoil Asa
18 partners | €2.50m | €1.21m | 2003-02-01 to 2006-01-31
36 months | €0.40m |
| WEYBURN: The weyburn CO2 monitoring project (WEYBURN) | This project will enhance the knowledge and understanding of the underground sequestration of CO2, especially where associated with enhanced oil recovery (EOR), and develop and enhance monitoring techniques to ensure safe and stable underground storage. The proposed project will study and monitor the injection and sequestration of the CO2 at the Weyburn oil field (Saskatchewan, Canada) as an integral part of a long-term IEA-facilitated project. | FP5: Cleaner Energy Systems, including Renewable Energies, Reduction of local and global environment degrading emissions | Cost sharing contracts | CRE Group Ltd,
Quintessa Ltd.,
Natural Environment Research Council | Natural Environment Research Council
7 partners | €2.25m | €1.19m | 2001-01-01 to 2004-06-30
42 months | €0.34m |
| CO2NET2: Carbon dioxide thematic network 2002-2005 | CO2 Thematic Network will facilitate the development of CO2 capture and storage as a safe, technically feasible, socially acceptable mitigation option. This is one component of an overall strategy for the provision of a safe, secure, climate neutral energy supply for the European Union. Elimination technology development is included. | FP5: Cleaner Energy Systems, including Renewable Energies | Thematic network contracts | Heriot-Watt University,
Natural Environment Research Council,
ABB Alstom Power UK Ltd.,
BP Exploration Operating Company Ltd.,
Technology Initiatives Ltd,
Quintessa Ltd.,
Imperial College London,
IEA Environmental Projects Ltd.,
Progressive Energy Limited,
Texaco North Sea U.K. | Statoil ASA
27 partners | €2.11m | €1.40m | 2002-11-01 to 2005-10-31
36 months | €0.47m |
| ICBM: Development of advanced reservoir characterisation and simulation tools for improved coal bed methane recovery | This project aims at establishing an understanding of the basic scientific phenomena of CO2-CH4 adsorption, desorption, diffusion and flow in coal seams. The objectives of the project would be achieved through experimental and theoretical work to be carried by the project partners. | FP5: Key action Economic and Efficient Energy for a Competitive Europe, Cost effective and more efficient exploration and production of hydrocarbons | Cost-sharing contracts | Imperial College London,
Wardell Armstrong Ltd,
BP Exploration Operating Company Ltd. | Imperial College London
5 partners | €1.55m | €1m | 2000-10-01 to 2004-03-31
42 months | €0.33m |
| Carbon dioxide capture and sequestration in geological storage technology network development programme, 2000-2001 | Extensive external interest in two EU projects on CO2 sequestration into geological storage; SACS, an industrial scale demonstration into a saline aquifer and GESTCO, assessing the potential for geological storage in Europe, demanded immediate action, resulting in the development of this technology development awareness and networking proposal, CO2NET, to promote and facilitate the diffusion, transfer, exploitation and broader use of the projects’ results to help meet Kyoto emissions reduction demands. | FP5: Cleaner Energy Systems, including Renewable Energies, Reduction of local and global environment degrading emissions | Preparatory, accompanying and support measures | CRE Group Ltd,
Technology Initiatives Ltd | Technology Initiatives Ltd
3 partners | €0.22m | €0.13m | 2000-12-01 to 2002-05-31
18 months | €0.083m |
| GOSAC: Global Ocean Storage of Anthropogenic Carbon | GOSAC aims to improve understanding of the ocean’s role in the global carbon cycle via comparison of ocean carbon-cycle models. GOSAC will help speed the development of these models which are used to test and compare paradigms of how the ocean’s carbon-cycle operates. With its diverse group of models, GOSAC will also provide uncertainty estimates to accompany model predictions. | FP4: Basic processes of the climate system | Cost-sharing contracts | University of Southampton,
National Environment Research Council | Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique
8 partners | | | 1997-2001
40 months | |
