The Jänschwalde, integrated full CCSCarbon dioxide Capture and Storage chain project of Vattenfall, now completely cancelled, was originally supported by the EEPR, like ROAD and a number of other European demo projects. Approximately 1.7 million tonnes of CO2Carbon dioxide was planned to be captured from a lignite-fired power plant in NE Germany, transported via a pipeline and stored in an onshore saline aquiferAn underground layer of fluid-bearing permeable rock or unconsolidated materials (gravel, sand, or silt) with significant permeability to allow flow of Bunter SandstoneSand that has turned into a rock due to geological processes at a depth of about 1.3 km.
The non-confidential FEED study (CCSCarbon dioxide Capture and Storage Demonstration Project Jänschwalde, 2011) does not include a detailed monitoringMeasurement and surveillance activities necessary for ensuring safe and reliable operation of a CGS project (storage integrity), and for estimating emission reductions plan, rather the scope of the site appraisal/preliminary characterization and (some) baseline surveys. Four deep and three shallow monitoringMeasurement and surveillance activities necessary for ensuring safe and reliable operation of a CGS project (storage integrity), and for estimating emission reductions wells were to be drilled, 3D and 2D seismic and VSP to be shot and hydraulic tests of injectionThe process of using pressure to force fluids down wells and extraction of brine were planned. Groundwater monitoringMeasurement and surveillance activities necessary for ensuring safe and reliable operation of a CGS project (storage integrity), and for estimating emission reductions was designed, based on comprehensive archive data, to assess the possible impact of CO2Carbon dioxide injectionThe process of using pressure to force fluids down wells and brine displacement on groundwater resources. The baseline groundwater monitoringMeasurement and surveillance activities necessary for ensuring safe and reliable operation of a CGS project (storage integrity), and for estimating emission reductions was going to be re-evaluated and repeat campaigns were foreseen on an annual basis.
The relation between monitoringMeasurement and surveillance activities necessary for ensuring safe and reliable operation of a CGS project (storage integrity), and for estimating emission reductions with risks and with modelling was not presented explicitly in the non-confidential FEED study, but a statement was made that the DNV CO2QUALSTORE JIP guidelines were to be followed.