July 2025 – Norway – The European Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage Laboratory Infrastructure (ECCSEL ERIC) is pleased to announce the successful conclusion of its recent General Assembly meeting, held in Denmark. This gathering marked a significant milestone in ECCSEL ERIC’s growth, highlighting the continued expansion and dynamism of Europe’s leading research infrastructure network, dedicated to supporting climate technologies.

The meeting featured productive discussions, a review of key achievements, and the strategic adoption of an expanded scope to fully embrace not only Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage (CCUS), but also Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR), Low-Carbon Energy Systems (LCES) and Geothermal (GT). These developments reinforce ECCSEL ERIC’s role as a central enabler of European efforts towards net-zero emissions.

A key highlight of the meeting was the formal approval and warm welcome of Germany as a new Member State. Germany brings a strong alliance of eight prestigious national research institutes into the ECCSEL ERIC community:

• GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences
• Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
• Forschungszentrum Jülich (FZJ)
• Technical University of Darmstadt (TUDA)
• Ruhr University Bochum (RUB)
• University of Stuttgart
• RWE
• Everllence (MAN)

The network has also welcomed 19 new research facilities, contributed by both existing and newly joined research facility owners.

As a result of these approvals, ECCSEL ERIC now comprises:

• 7 Member States (up from 6)
• 46 Research Facility Owners (up from 35)
• 132 Research Facilities (up from 113)

This expansion marks a major step forward for ECCSEL ERIC, significantly enhancing Europe’s research capacity in CCUS, CDR, and LCES. It demonstrates our continued commitment to enabling cutting-edge research and innovation that supports the EU’s climate goals.

About ECCSEL ERIC
ECCSEL ERIC is the European Research Infrastructure Consortium dedicated to providing access to world-class research facilities for Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage (CCUS), but also Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR), Low-Carbon Energy Systems (LCES) and Geothermal (GT). Through strong collaboration across Member States and research organisations, ECCSEL ERIC accelerates the development and deployment of climate mitigation technologies.