{"id":23244,"date":"2026-01-13T12:47:43","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T11:47:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.recommon.org\/?page_id=23244"},"modified":"2026-01-15T20:55:04","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T19:55:04","slug":"a-future-that-is-not-at-all-remote","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.recommon.org\/en\/a-future-that-is-not-at-all-remote\/","title":{"rendered":"A future that is not at all remote"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Subsidence, flooding, rising sea levels and CCS infrastructure in Emilia Romagna<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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1. A large CO<\/strong>2<\/strong><\/sub> storage facility in Ravenna<\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\u201cRavenna CCS\u201d is a carbon dioxide capture and storage project promoted by a joint venture between two large Italian publicly controlled fossil fuel corporations: ENI and Snam<\/strong>. The project, currently in its pilot phase, aims to build a series of onshore and offshore infrastructures designed to collect and transport CO2<\/sub> from Emilia Romagna and Veneto to ENI’s depleted fields in the Upper Adriatic (Porto Corsini Mare Ovest, with the PCW-T, PCW B-C, Agostino C, Garibaldi C and Garibaldi D platforms). This raises a number of critical issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Among these is an initial \u201canomaly\u201d. The Ministry of the Environment has in fact established that it will be able to make use of \u201ccompanies with proven experience in the fields of CO2<\/sub> capture, transport and storage\u201d to prepare the study that will structure the legislation, as well as the technical, economic and financial regulation of the CCS supply chain in Italy. ENI and Snam would therefore find themselves writing regulations that could grant them generous remuneration for the \u201cservice\u201d offered, in a clear conflict of interest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On the map:<\/strong> location of the Casalborsetti compression station and CO2 transport infrastructure to depleted offshore fields. Graphic design: PlaceMarks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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ENI plant in Casalborsetti, (Ravenna).<\/strong> This is where the gas extracted by ENI from various offshore fields in the northern Adriatic is collected and processed. This plant is the first to which ENI is applying CO2<\/sub> capture technology (Photo ReCommon\/2025).”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2. CCS Pianura Padana<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The \u201cRavenna CCS\u201d project is linked to another project promoted by Snam, the \u201cCCS Pianura Padana\u201d, which involves the construction of a network of approximately 100 kilometres of pipelines dedicated to the transport of carbon dioxide. The aim is to convey the carbon dioxide initially collected from the industrial areas of Ferrara and Ravenna, and subsequently also from the industrial hub of Marghera, to the industrial collection and liquefaction plant to be built in Casalborsetti, from where it will finally be transported and injected into depleted reservoirs at the bottom of the Adriatic Sea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The collection of CO2<\/sub> from these plants would take place in the so-called Phase 2, or industrial phase of the project, in which ENI and Snam promise to transport and bury up to 4 million tonnes of CO2<\/sub> per year by 2030. The project includes a further phase called \u201cCALLISTO\u201d in which, together with the French company Air Liquide, ENI and Snam plan to collect and store up to 16 million tonnes of CO2 per year coming from France.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For a more detailed description of the project, read the report \u201cThe false solution of Ravenna\u201d<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On the map:<\/strong> location of the CO2 <\/sub>pipeline route from Ferrara to Casalborsetti (CCS Pianura Padana), the CO2<\/sub> pipeline from the Ravenna industrial area to Casalborsetti, towards the compression station, and the CO2<\/sub> transport infrastructure to the depleted offshore fields. Graphic design: PlaceMarks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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3. Departure and arrival<\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

If we look at the details and examine the cities of departure and arrival of the pipeline:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Ferrara, the initial section of the CO2<\/sub> transport pipeline will pass through Pontelagoscuro and the area known as the \u201cVillaggio marchigiano\u201d (Marche village), just a few metres from residential areas, as can be seen from the official project documentation available on the Ministry of the Environment’s website and from photos taken by ReCommon of the area affected by the infrastructure. The risk of having such infrastructure so close to homes is described in an investigation by the Huffington Post, which collected testimonies from residents of Satartia<\/u><\/a>, Mississippi, where in February 2020, following the rupture of a CO2<\/sub> transport pipeline, the entire population was evacuated along with 250 other people living nearby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

None of the rescue workers or medical personnel were prepared to deal with the consequences of prolonged exposure to high concentrations of CO2<\/sub>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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ENI signage near the Villaggio marchigiano (Ferrara) and the proximity of homes to the pipeline route<\/strong> (Photo ReCommon\/2025)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Although not directly affected by the gas pipeline, the city of Ravenna is characterised by a chemical and industrial district that stretches for kilometres along the coast, a parade of heavy industries that make the air difficult to breathe: from Marcegaglia to Italcementi and Yara, passing through the ENI-Versalis petrochemical plant and various LNG depots.

VIDEO OVERVIEW OF THE INDUSTRIAL AREA:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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