Workshop 7-9
#7 Scaling up storage: Insights on developing operational storage capacity in Europe
This workshop will explore the practical and regulatory challenges involved in scaling up geological CO2 storage across Europe, drawing on experience from operating and near-term storage projects. Through a series of expert presentations and interactive discussion, participants will examine how storage resources are assessed and matured—from early screening of license areas through to concepts ready for injection permitting.
Key themes will include the technical and financial requirements of resource appraisal, the balance between public and private funding during high-risk assessment phases, and the studies needed to underpin robust storage development. The workshop will also address how authorities and project developers define and manage license zones, handle resource conflicts, and regulate large regional aquifers.
Further on the sessions will cover financial guarantees and securities for storage projects, monitoring strategies that balance confidence and proportionality, and the integration of new and established monitoring technologies. Operational considerations such as storage logistics, transport interfaces, redundancy, and the implications of variable CO2 supply will also be discussed, alongside emerging perspectives on storage in mafic and ultramafic formations.
Contributions will come from representatives of competent authorities, operating companies, financial institutions, and research organisations, with active audience participation throughout the session.
#8 CO2 Capture
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#9 Financing carbon management: challenges and opportunities
In the current phase of deployment, carbon management projects have often benefitted from significant public-purse funding and large project developers with a strong balance sheet. Moving forward however, large-scale deployment of carbon management will depend on the availability of private capital via debt finance from banks and equity from institutional investors like pension funds for both CCUS and CDR projects. This in turn will require new business models that matches the risk appetite and financial return criteria of both project developers and financiers as well with a societal acceptable demand for subsidies.
This workshop will discuss the future financing models for carbon management projects. Financiers and project developers will discuss the preconditions to increase external financing for projects, risk allocation and how the future financing packages can be put together. Participants will also reflect on the differences between countries as regards financing opportunities.
