GECO (DTA.AD002.387)
Thematic area
Earth system science and environmental technologies
Project area
Gestione sostenibile ed efficiente delle risorse naturali, degli ecosistemi e della biodiversità (DTA.AD002)Structure responsible for the research project
Institute of geosciences and earth resources (IGG)
Other structures collaborating in the research project
Project manager
CHIARA BOSCHI
Phone number: 0506212315
Email: chiara.boschi@igg.cnr.it
Abstract
GECO will advance in the provision of cleaner and cost-effective non-carbon and sulphur emitting geothermal
energy across Europe and the World. The core of this project is the application of an innovative technology, recently
developed and proved successfully at pilot scale in Iceland, which can limit the production of emissions from
geothermal plants by condensing and re-injecting gases or turning the emissions into commercial products. To both
increase public acceptance and to generalise this approach, it will be applied by GECO in four distinct geothermal
systems in four different European countries: 1) a high temperature basaltic reservoir in Iceland; 2) a high temperature
gneiss reservoir in Italy; 3) a high temperature volcano-clastic reservoir in Turkey; and 4) a low temperature
sedimentary reservoir in Germany. Gas capture and purification methods will be advanced by lowering consumption
of resources, (in terms of electricity, water and chemicals) to deliver cheaper usable CO2 streams to third parties. Our
approach to waste gas storage is to capture and inject the soluble gases in the exhaust stream as dissolved aqueous
phase. This acidic gas-charged fluid provokes the dis
Start date of activity
01/10/2018
Keywords
CO2, CCS, CCU, carbon,, mineralisation, geothermal, gases
Last update: 17/03/2025