What is the RECOPOL project?
The RECOPOL project is an EU funded
combined research and demonstration project to investigate the possibility
of permanent subsurface storage of CO2 in coal.
RECOPOL stands for: 'Reduction of CO2 emission by means of CO2 storage in coal seams in the Silesian Coal Basin of Poland'.
The field demonstration experiment is the first of it's kind outside Northern America.
The RECOPOL project is scheduled to start at the end of 2001.
Duration of the project is 36 months (duration field experiment 18 months);
in total 243 manmonths of work. Total budget: 3.5 million EURO, including
drilling and operating cost of the field experiment (50% funded by the EU
5th Framework Programme).
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