MuPSI is an international research initiative tackling one of the most pressing challenges in the clean energy transition: how to safely scale up CO₂ storage to meet climate goals. The project operates under the Clean Energy Transition Partnership (CETP) and brings together leading researchers and industry partners across Europe.
As countries plan for gigatonne-scale carbon capture and storage (CCS), CO₂ storage sites will increasingly operate in shared subsurface formations. While this shared infrastructure improves efficiency, it also introduces new geomechanical risks—from pressure buildup to fault slippage and induced seismicity.
Achieving the EU’s climate neutrality goal by 2050 depends on deploying gigatonne-scale CO₂ storage. To meet EU storage targets for 2030 and 2040, we must quickly identify safe, scalable storage sites. MuPSI supports this scale-up by helping industry and policymakers with tools for early screening, improved monitoring, and more informed decision-making. This helps reduce costs, avoid delays, and build public confidence in CCS technologies.
By enabling faster, safer, and more reliable evaluation of potential storage sites, MuPSI supports a smoother rollout of CCS infrastructure.
Beyond technical innovation, MuPSI promotes knowledge-sharing and capacity building. The project will train the next generation of CCS experts, including PhD and postdoctoral researchers, and develop open training modules to help scale expertise across Europe.
The MuPSI project (Multiscale Pressure-Stress Impacts on fault integrity for multi-site regional CO2 storage) is awarded through the Clean Energy Transition Partnership (CET-P) project number CETP-FP-2023-00298, with funding provided by the RCN Research Council of Norway, Scottish Enterprise, NWO Dutch Research Council, AEI-Agencia Estatal de Investigación, and US DoE, with contributions from Storegga Ltd, Equinor ASA, Norske Shell AS, and EBN Capital BV.
