Faculty of Geology, Geophysics and Environmental Protection of the AGH University of Science and Technology in Kraków is launching a research project called EnerGizerS (CO2-Enhanced Geothermal Systems for Climate Neutral Energy Supply). Its main goal is to take measures to protect the climate by using clean and ecological geothermal energy while reducing carbon dioxide emissions from the combustion of fossil fuels.

The Polish-Norwegian consortium is headed by AGH. Its partners are Polish and Norwegian entities: scientific institutions – Institute of Mineral and Energy Economy of the Polish Academy of Sciences, SINTEF Energi AS and NTNU Norwegian University of Science and Technology, and the company – Exergon.

The partners are planning to carry an analysis of the effectiveness of EGS-CO2 installation in Polish and Norwegian conditions. The project assumes the creation of an advanced model of the operation of an unconventional geothermal installation for the production of electricity and / or heat, with the simultaneous possibility of carbon dioxide sequestration in a petrogeothermal reservoir.