The 4th edition of the ICM Forum (previously known as the CCUS Forum) recently took place at Pau, France, co-hosted by the European Commission and the French Ministry of Energy. The ICM Forum brings together stakeholders from industry, EU countries, EU institutions, NGOs, academia and others to discuss how to make the deployment of industrial carbon management projects a reality in Europe.
Dr Katerina Sardi, representing EnEarth with Dr. Pantelis Vogiatzis, (EnEarth's CCS Commercial Lead) at the forum, presented the Prinos CO2 Storage Project in a workshop: "What level of interoperability and interconnections do we expect in the future European CO2 network (local, regional, pan-European)?". In the workshop, also projects Porthos, D’Artagnan, Northern Lights, the ECO2CEE: Polish CCS Interconnector, and Apollo midstream were presented.
Katerina presented an update on the project, pointing out that EnEarth has and will continue to move forwards rapidly, ensuring that all the necessary actions to secure the storage permit and the environmental licence provided by the European and Greek legislations are in place.
Dr Sardi also stressed that, despite CCS being a top priority for EU, there are still substantial barriers to the implementation and completion of projects. Lack of technical capacity, lack of resources to address the development of these projects, highly complex supply chains and finally procedures that yet to be fully established. "We have to remember that there are 3 Directorates General involved for the Prinos CO2 Storage project - namely ENER, CLIMA and Competition", she emphasized. Dr Sardi concluded by flagging the need of close cooperation at all levels (chain, country, Europe) to meet 2030 targets