Ravenna CCS
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- Key element of the PCI Callisto CO₂ Mediterranean Hub, reference hub for southern Europe decarbonization through CCS
- Multimodal reception and storage hub for domestic and non-domestic CO₂ volumes
- 4Mt annual injection capacity by 2030, up to 16Mt annual capacity beyond 2030
- Largely leverages existing onshore and offshore facilities to reduce costs and impact on communities and territories
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The Ravenna CCS project is a flagship industrial carbon capture, transport and storage initiative in Italy’s Adriatic Sea region, developed jointly by Eni and Snam to decarbonise emissions from energy-intensive and “hard-to-abate” industrial sectors.
The Ravenna CCS project captures CO₂ at source and transports it via offshore pipelines to the offshore Porto Corsini Mare Ovest and Porto Garibaldi/Agostino platforms. CO₂ is then injected and stored permanently in depleted gas reservoirs beneath the Adriatic Sea at depths of around 3,000 metres.
The project is being developed in phases. Phase 1, initiated in 2024 with CO2 captured from Eni’s natural gas treatment plant at Casalborsetti, is designed for a CO2 stream up to 25,000 tonnes per year, demonstrating high capture efficiency (>90%) under challenging conditions.
Phase 2 aims for a storage capacity of ~4 Mt per year by 2030, with potential expansion to 16 Mt per year or more depending on demand. The total storage potential of the Adriatic reservoirs exceeds 500 Mt of CO₂.
Ravenna CCS enables the development of an integrated CO₂ transport and logistics network, including an onshore pipeline backbone and a multimodal hub for CO₂ delivered by ship, rail and road.
The project, recognised as a PCI Project by the European Commission, is the first in Italy dedicated exclusively to the permanent geological storage of CO₂, enhancing local skills and competitiveness while contributing to European climate targets.
More information here:
https://ravennaccs.com/en-IT/home
