It is undisputed that human beings are affecting the global carbon cycle. Fossil fuels (coal, crude oil, natural gas) are used for energy, heating, transport and industry.more
At the pilot site in Ketzin, 40 km west of Berlin, national and European projects coordinated by the German Research Centre for Geosciences (Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum GFZ) have advanced our scientific understanding of how to store CO2 geologically, and researched the processes of underground CO2 injection and migration.more
May 14, 2012
61.317 tons of CO2 have been injected until May 13th, 2012.
Currently, food-grade CO2 is injected. CO2 from the Schwarze Pumpe pilot plant (total of 1,515 t ) was used during an experiment in May/June 2011.
April 12, 2012
From May to September, 2012 a 800 m deep borehole (Ktzi 203) will be drilled by the order of the GFZ. Scientists are interested in drilling cores and will investigate the injected CO2 with a variety of technologies.
The Brandenburg State Agency for Mining, Geology and Raw Materials gave the...
April 12, 2012
Researchers from the University of Erlangen-Nuernberg are scientific partners in the CO2MAN research project. They investigate for example the isotopic1 composition of the CO2.
At the Ketzin pilot site gas and fluid samples were taken from the delivering trucks, the CO2 pipeline and the...
February 20, 2012
Within the framework of the projects CO2CARE and CO2MAN an aquifer test (or pumping test) was conducted in the 446 m deep observation well P300 on the 18th/19th January, 2012.
In order to determine the hydraulic parameters of the aquifer the pressure conditions were measured within the well...
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The project is a collaborative effort currently being driven by the research and development work at the pilot site in Ketzin. In total, 6 scientific institutions are participating in this project. The work is supported by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research.more
