ApolloCO2 refers to DESFA’s part in the Prinos CCS PCI Project (13.11 Prinos – Offshore storage at Prinos field for emissions from El, by pipeline and from BG, HR, CY, EL, IT and SI by ship) and covers the midstream part of the value chain. More specifically, the project includes the pipeline transportation, liquefaction and permanent storage of the captured CO2 by hard-to-abate emitters. DESFA’s contribution to the project includes the construction of a dedicated CO2 pipeline connecting emitters from the region of Attica.
This pipeline will aggregate the volumes in a liquefaction terminal in Revythoussa, where the CO2 will be liquefied, leveraging the availability of cold energy from the LNG and temporarily stored in a dedicated facility, until its loading to CO2 carriers that will transport it via sea to Prinos or any other Mediterranean Storage facilities.
The project promotes the development of CCS hubs and it is fully aligned with EU’s Industrial Carbon Management Strategy that sets the ambition of a single CCS market. More specifically, hub development could offer several benefits for the emitters, by unlocking scale effects, increasing absorption of EU and national funding and simplifying permitting, licensing and regulatory procedures.