Bavaria's CO₂ Challenge: Some Emissions Are Unavoidable
In Bavaria alone, around seven million tonnes of CO₂ are produced every year as a technically unavoidable byproduct of industrial processes or waste management. If no solution is found to transport CO₂, these emissions will be released into the atmosphere, endangering climate targets and the long-term economic future of the region.
Our answer: a safe grid for the region
co2peline is our part of the solution – a CO2 pipeline network for Bavaria and Upper Austria. A feasibility study demonstrated that the project is technically viable. We rely on proven technology comparable with the natural gas infrastructure established over decades.
No, absolutely not. Avoiding and reducing CO₂ always remains the highest priority. The CO₂ infrastructure will serve exclusively as a solution for those emissions that are demonstrably “very hard-to-abate or impossible to avoid“.
CO₂ pipelines are a proven and safe technology, subject to the same high safety standards as natural gas pipelines. CO₂ itself is neither flammable nor toxic. CO₂ pipelines will not be routed through residential areas.