The COORETEC (CO2-Reduction-Technologies) programme of the Federal ministry of Economics and Technology is part of the energy research programme of the Federal Government. The principal goal is the development of technologies to mitigate CO2-emissions from power plants based on fossil fuels. Besides efforts to increase the efficiency of these power plants, the CO2 capture is a major topic. CCS projects are oriented towards a large scale demonstration in 2014/15 and the availability of the technology in 2020. Collaborative research projects between science and industry are in the focus of the COORETEC programme. In the period 2004 – 2008 nearly 240 projects with an amount of more than 124 Mio. € project funding have been approved.
EXPERIENCE:
The COORETEC-programme has proven to successfully link the excellent research infrastructure in Germany with the relevant sectors from industry. The programme is the basis for future CCS-demonstration projects
