Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage as a Defense Tool against Climate Change: Current Developments in West Macedonia (Greece)

Nikolaos Koukouzas, Pavlos Tyrologou, Dimitris Karapanos, Júlio Carneiro, Pedro Pereira, Fernanda de Mesquita Lobo Veloso, Petros Koutsovitis, Christos Karkalis, Eleonora Manoukian and Rania Karametou
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Nikolaos Koukouzas: Centre for Research and Technology Hellas (CERTH), Egialias 52, 15125 Marousi, Attica, Greece
Pavlos Tyrologou: Centre for Research and Technology Hellas (CERTH), Egialias 52, 15125 Marousi, Attica, Greece
Dimitris Karapanos: Centre for Research and Technology Hellas (CERTH), Egialias 52, 15125 Marousi, Attica, Greece
Júlio Carneiro: French Geological Survey, 45100 Orléans, France
Pedro Pereira: French Geological Survey, 45100 Orléans, France
Fernanda de Mesquita Lobo Veloso: French Geological Survey (BRGM) 3 Avenue Claude Guillemin, BP 36009, CEDEX 2, 45060 Orléans, France
Petros Koutsovitis: Department of Geology, University of Patras, Section of Earth Materials, GR-26504 Patras, Greece
Christos Karkalis: Centre for Research and Technology Hellas (CERTH), Egialias 52, 15125 Marousi, Attica, Greece
Eleonora Manoukian: Centre for Research and Technology Hellas (CERTH), Egialias 52, 15125 Marousi, Attica, Greece
Rania Karametou: Centre for Research and Technology Hellas (CERTH), Egialias 52, 15125 Marousi, Attica, Greece

Energies, 2021, vol. 14, issue 11, 1-20

Abstract: In West Macedonia (Greece), CO 2 accounts as one of the largest contributors of greenhouse gas emissions related to the activity of the regional coal power plants located in Ptolemaida. The necessity to mitigate CO 2 emissions to prevent climate change under the Paris Agreement’s framework remains an ongoing and demanding challenge. It requires implementing crucial environmentally sustainable technologies to provide balanced solutions between the short-term needs for dependency on fossil fuels and the requirements to move towards the energy transition era. The challenge to utilise and store CO 2 emissions will require actions aiming to contribute to a Europe-wide CCUS infrastructure. The Horizon 2020 European Project “STRATEGY CCUS “examines the potential for CO 2 storage in the Mesohellenic Trough from past available data deploying the USDOE methodology. Research results show that CO 2 storage capacities for the Pentalofos and Eptachori geological formations of the Mesohellenic Trough are estimated at 1.02 and 0.13 Gt, respectively, thus providing the potential for the implementation of a promising method for reducing CO 2 emissions in Greece. A certain storage potential also applies to the Grevena sub-basin, offering the opportunity to store any captured CO 2 in the area, including other remote regions.

Keywords: carbon capture utilisation and storage; climate change; mesohellenic basin; carbon emissions (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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