The first workshop of the Glass Emission Reduction Alliance (Glass ERA), organised by Stara Glass within the European project COREu (CO2 Routes across Europe), took place online on March 24 and brought together more than 40 participants from the glass industry and the Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) value chain to explore decarbonisation opportunities.
The event opened with an overview of the COREu project by Grace Babalola from Glass Futures, highlighting the development of CO2 transport and storage infrastructure across Europe and the role of the ERAs in connecting industrial sectors with the emerging CCS ecosystem.
Ana Maria Cuzdriorean from Stara Glass then introduced the Glass ERA and outlined the role of carbon capture in the decarbonisation of the glass industry, with a focus on process emissions and sector-specific challenges.
The workshop continued with technical contributions from Sakis Papadopoulos, CERTH, on CO2 capture technologies and their scale-up potential and from Alessio Gambato, SNAM, on transport and storage infrastructure, with a focus on the Ravenna CCS project as a strategic resource for industrial decarbonisation in Italy and the Mediterranean region.
The event concluded with an open discussion, confirming the strong interest of the sector in understanding how CCS can be integrated into future decarbonisation pathways and highlighting the importance of collaboration across the value chain.
The Glass ERA aims to support this process by promoting dialogue between industry, infrastructure developers and technology providers, helping the glass sector actively engage with the development of the CCS ecosystem.