This technology involves capturing carbon dioxide emissions from industries or power plants, compressing them and injecting them deep underground, at around 800 or 1,000 meters, to prevent them from reaching the atmosphere.
PSOE DENOUNCES LACK OF INFORMATION
However, this project, which is even larger than the one planned in Maestrazgo, has prompted some reactions in the area. The PSOE in Caspe denounces the fact that the affected town councils were not contacted to provide them with information before the announcement was published in the BOA.
For this reason, the Socialist Group in the Aragonese Parliament has submitted an inquiry to the Government of Aragon to “demand maximum clarity regarding the administrative process, the planned deadlines, safety protocols and environmental guarantees.”
The area requested by the company for its investigation covers four municipalities. Photo: PSOE Caspe
Abraham Martínez, spokesperson for the Socialist Municipal Group, stressed that the deployment of large-scale geological carbon storage technologies raises serious technical and social questions that cannot be ignored. The issues addressed in the parliamentary initiative include assessing the potential risks of induced seismicity and protecting underground aquifers from contamination.
“Our region, and specifically our municipality, cannot be treated under a model of secrecy, nor can its development be mortgaged behind our backs,” Abraham Martínez said, before calling for “absolute precision” about the potential risks to the environment, aquifers and public safety.
