journal article·2022-08-12Open access

Toward Energy-Independence and Net-Zero: The Inevitability of Subsurface Storage in Europe

Johannes M. Miocic, Juan Alcalde, Niklas Heinemann, Ignacio Marzan, Suzanne Hangx

ACS Energy Letters· Volume 7· Issue 8

Abstract

Funding Information: Views expressed in this Viewpoint are those of the authors and not necessarily the views of the ACS. The authors declare no competing financial interest. JMM is funded by the DeepNL research programme (project DEEP.NL.2019.003) which is financed by the Dutch Research Council. JA is funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation through the Juan de la Cierva fellowship (IJC 2018-036074-I), funded by MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033. NH is funded by the UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council funded research project “HyStorPor” (grant number EP/S027815/1).
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OpenAlex topics: Underground infrastructure and sustainability · CO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions

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Affiliations

Energy and Sustainability Research Institute Groningen (ESRIG), University of Groningen, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands

Geosciences Barcelona, GEO3BCN-CSIC, 08028 Barcelona, Spain

School of Geosciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9XP, United Kingdom

Spanish Geological Survey, IGME-CSIC, 28003 Madrid, Spain

Department of Earth Sciences, Utrecht University, 3584 CB Utrecht, The Netherlands

Funding

Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovaci?n · Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

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