The Net-Zero Industry Act (NZIA) adopted by the European Council in May 2024, aims at ensuring a secure and sustainable supply of net-zero technologies necessary to implement the energy transition and achieve the EU’s climate targets. The net-zero technologies within the scope of NZIA include various renewable energy sources such as wind and solar, grid, battery energy storage and hydrogen technologies as well as carbon capture and storage (CCS) and nuclear. In particular, the NZIA has an objective of an annual CCS injection capacity of at least 50 million tonnes of CO2 at EU level by 2030, as well as to develop the necessary CO2 transport infrastructure.

In response to the geological storage objectives of the NZIA, and EU Directive 2009/31/EC on the geological storage of carbon dioxide, which was transposed into national legislation by means of the Geological Storage of Carbon Dioxide Regulations (S.L. 549.68), the Continental Shelf Department is assessing possible storage sites through an EU project – Geological Service for Europe.

Data can be viewed at the physical data room of the Continental Shelf Department upon entering into a confidentiality agreement. Data room guidelines are available through this link.

Qualified companies interested in assessing Malta’s offshore potential for the geological storage of carbon dioxide may send us an email on the email address given under contact us.