ECCSEL ERIC

What ECCSEL ERIC does

ECCSEL ERIC is a European Research Infrastructure Consortium established by EU Commission implementing decision (EU) 2017/996 on June 9, 2017, and headquartered in Trondheim, Norway. The organization provides open access to a pan-European network of 132 research facilities operated by 46 facility owners across 8 member countries (Norway, Italy, Netherlands, France, United Kingdom, Denmark, Germany, and Austria), spanning the entire Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS) and Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) value chain. Coverage extends from carbon capture (including BECCS and DAC), through CO2 transport, intermediate storage, and utilization, to permanent underground storage, plus geothermal energy and subsurface feedstock storage.

The infrastructure supports research across technology readiness levels (TRL) 1 through 7, from bench-scale to industrial-scale experimentation. Service offerings are organized into eight core research categories: Carbon Capture, BECCS, DAC, CO2 Utilization, CO2 Transport & Intermediate Storage, Permanent CO2 Storage, Geothermal Energy, and Subsurface Feedstock. ECCSEL operates on a non-economic basis under EU law, with funding derived from member countries and the European Commission rather than commercial revenue. It serves two primary user groups: scientific and academic researchers (through open access and transnational access programs) and industry users seeking applied R&D support, technology validation, and verification services to advance commercial uptake of CCUS and CDR.

The consortium's go-to-market is community-led and event-driven, relying on open access applications, transnational access project calls, annual reports, conferences, and digital channels rather than traditional sales motions. Strategic coordination partnerships are maintained with EERA CCS JP and Carbon Management Europe, and ECCSEL operates the ECCSEL ENC project to coordinate national CCUS research infrastructure across Europe. A knowledge sharing platform provides communications and training on the latest scientific methods, results, and facility advancements.

Name

ECCSEL ERIC

Legal name

ECCSEL ERIC

Website

https://eccsel.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

ECCSEL ERIC is a European Research Infrastructure Consortium, headquartered in Trondheim, Norway, providing open access to over 130 CCUS and CDR research facilities across 8 European member countries for scientific and industry users worldwide.

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akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Trondheim

HQ country

Norway

HQ region

Europe

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Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Research Infrastructure Access Services: ECCSEL provides open access to research facilities for scientific and industry users. The organization operates as a non-economic research infrastructure under EU law, with member countries providing funding and facilities.

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Core offering

ECCSEL ERIC provides open access to a European CCUS and CDR Research Infrastructure of over 132 facilities across 7 member countries, enabling researchers and industry users to conduct experiments from bench scale to industrial scale (TRL 1–7). The organisation covers the entire CCUS and CDR value chain including carbon capture, BECCS, DAC, CO2 utilisation, transport and intermediate storage, permanent underground storage, geothermal energy, and subsurface feedstock storage. It also delivers applied R&D, validation and verification services to industry users and operates a Knowledge Sharing Platform for communications and training.

Product overview

ECCSEL ERIC is a European Research Infrastructure providing open access to over 100 world-class CCUS (Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage) and CDR (Carbon Dioxide Removal) research facilities across Europe. The organization offers a unified platform for research access with eight core research service categories: Carbon Capture, Bioenergy with Carbon Capture (BECCS), Direct Air Carbon Capture (DAC), CO2 Utilisation, CO2 Transport & Intermediate Storage, Permanent CO2 Storage, Geothermal Energy, and Subsurface Feedstock. These services are complemented by user-focused offerings for scientific users (open access to research facilities and experimental data) and industry users (applied R&D, validation and verification), as well as a Knowledge Sharing Platform for communications and training. The infrastructure supports research from bench scale to industrial scale (TRL 1-7).

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Products and services

• Carbon Capture Research Access Provides open access to research facilities for CO2 capture from fossil or process industry sources, serving scientific users and industry partners conducting CCUS research.
• Bioenergy with Carbon Capture (BECCS) Research Access Provides open access to facilities for capture of CO2 from bioenergy origin (BECCS), enabling research on bioenergy-linked carbon capture for the scientific and industry communities.
• Direct Air Carbon Capture (DAC) Research Access Provides open access to facilities for direct air CO2 capture (DAC), supporting research on carbon dioxide removal technologies for scientific users and industry partners.
• CO2 Utilisation Research Access Provides open access to facilities for the use of captured CO2 in e-fuels, plastics, and construction applications, serving research in CO2 utilisation pathways.
• CO2 Transport and Intermediate Storage Research Access Provides open access to facilities for CO2 transport and intermediate storage research, supporting the value chain between capture and permanent storage.
• Permanent CO2 Storage Research Access Provides open access to facilities for permanent underground CO2 storage research, both onshore and offshore, serving researchers studying long-term sequestration.
• Geothermal Energy Research Access Provides open access to facilities for exploitation of subsurface geothermal energy, supporting research into low-carbon energy production.
• Subsurface Feedstock Storage Research Access Provides open access to facilities for subsurface storage of feedstock (H2, CO2, heat, air) and low carbon energy storage (LCES), supporting research into seasonal and bulk energy storage.
• Open Access for Scientific Users Provides open access to over 150 state-of-the-art research facilities covering CCUS, CDR, subsurface energy storage, and geothermal, along with experimental data and scientific results for academic researchers and scientific users worldwide.
• Industry Users and Innovation Services Provides applied research and development, validation, and verification services to industrial companies, advancing technology readiness levels (TRL) to 4–7 and beyond to accelerate the commercial uptake of CCUS and CDR technologies.
• Transnational Access Programme Provides free transnational access to ECCSEL research facilities across European member countries through project calls, enabling researchers to utilise European research infrastructure across borders.
• Knowledge Sharing Platform Provides CCUS and CDR communications and training, informing the community about the latest scientific methods, results, and research facility advancements.

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Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• EERA CCS JPcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEuropean Energy Research Alliance Joint Programme on Carbon Capture and Storage. ECCSEL cooperates with EERA CCS JP for research coordination and alignment of European carbon capture and storage research activities.
• Carbon Management EuropecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerECCSEL cooperates with Carbon Management Europe for carbon management research coordination and knowledge sharing across European research initiatives.
• ECCSEL ENCcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerECCSEL European National Centres project focused on expanding and coordinating national CCUS research infrastructure across Europe.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• CO2GeoNet: European network of excellence on CO2 geological storage, comprising research organizations focused on underground CO2 storage. Directly comparable to ECCSEL's Permanent CO2 Storage research service category and shares the open-access research coordination model.
• IEAGHG (IEA Greenhouse Gas R&D Programme): International R&D collaboration focused specifically on greenhouse gas mitigation, including CCUS technologies. Directly comparable to ECCSEL in subject matter focus on CCUS research coordination, though IEAGHG operates as an IEA technology collaboration programme rather than an ERIC.
• Global CCS Institute: International think tank and membership organization dedicated to accelerating the deployment of carbon capture and storage. Directly comparable to ECCSEL in subject matter and advocacy for CCUS adoption, though focused on policy and deployment rather than research infrastructure.

Broad incumbents

• CLARIN ERIC: Common Language Resources and Technology Infrastructure, operating as a European Research Infrastructure Consortium with distributed research facilities. Structurally and legally identical to ECCSEL as an ERIC, providing open access research infrastructure across member countries.
• EATRIS ERIC: European Advanced Translational Research Infrastructure in Medicine, operating as an ERIC with distributed research facilities across Europe. A direct structural peer to ECCSEL in legal form, governance model, and federated facility coordination approach.
• ELI ERIC (Extreme Light Infrastructure): A European Research Infrastructure Consortium operating distributed laser research facilities across multiple member countries. Structurally and legally identical to ECCSEL as an ERIC, providing open access to scientific users across multiple sites — a direct model peer for the consortium structure.
• SHARE ERIC: Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe, operating as an ERIC with multi-country research infrastructure. A direct structural peer to ECCSEL in legal form (ERIC), member-state governance, and distributed research infrastructure coordination.
• EMBL (European Molecular Biology Laboratory): An intergovernmental research infrastructure organization with member states across Europe. Operates a distributed network of research facilities with open access programs, paralleling ECCSEL's federated facility model covering multiple sites across member countries.
• CERN: The European Organization for Nuclear Research is the flagship example of a large-scale European research infrastructure. Like ECCSEL, it operates as a multinational legal entity with member-state funding, providing researchers with access to world-class facilities — though focused on high-energy physics rather than CCUS.

Emerging players

• SINTEF: One of Europe's largest independent research institutes, headquartered in Trondheim, Norway (same city as ECCSEL). Has extensive CCUS research programs and is likely a facility owner/integrator within the ECCSEL network. Comparable as a CCUS research capability provider with applied industry focus.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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