CCS at Ketzin Pilot Site

For the first time, GFZ researchers now have also stored CO₂ from a power plant underground. So far, they have only stored high purity CO₂ suitable also for the production of comestible goods in the test facility at Ketzin. The aim is to investigate the injection and storage of CO₂ from technical processes in as realistic a manner as possible.

The pilot site Ketzin under supervision from the GFZ is the first European research site examining the geological CO₂ storage in a mainland saline aquifer. The injection of the CO₂ from the test facility "Schwarze Pumpe" (Black Pump) is accompanied by a detailed scientific monitoring programme. The monitoring methods implemented at the Ketzin site are amongst the most comprehensive and innovative methods used in the field of CO₂ storage world-wide.

More information:

www.helmholtz.de/gfz-co2-schwarze-pumpe

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