{"id":21282,"date":"2026-03-10T12:22:41","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T11:22:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mining-report.de\/english\/?page_id=21282"},"modified":"2026-06-11T11:47:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T09:47:13","slug":"the-new-ccs-act-for-germany","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mining-report.de\/english\/the-new-ccs-act-for-germany\/","title":{"rendered":"The new CCS Act for Germany"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t<div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div>\n\t\t<hr style=\"margin-top:10px; margin-bottom:10px;\" class=\"divider divider-normal\">\n\t\n<p><strong>Author: <\/strong> Prof. Dr. jur. Walter Frenz, Ma\u00eetre en Droit Public, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen\/Germany<\/p>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div>\n\t\t<hr style=\"margin-top:10px; margin-bottom:10px;\" class=\"divider divider-normal\">\n\t\n<span class=\"tie-dropcap \">T<\/span>he new Carbon Dioxide Storage and Transport Act (KSpTG) paved the way for CO<sub>2<\/sub>\u00a0storage in Germany. The current coalition agreement of the current German government already outlines key strategic priorities that differ significantly from those of the previous coalition. Overall, CO<sub>2<\/sub>\u00a0storage is also to cover the energy sector, but without domestic coal-fired power generation. Strict standards have been set to prevent any future contamination. It is not yet clear when the first pipelines and storage facilities will go into operation, nor what the costs will be.<br \/>\n<!-- [divider]\n[one_third][button color=\"white\" size=\"small\" link=\"\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/_pda\/2026\/03\/MRG-2026-01-the-new-ccs-act-for-germany.pdf\" target=\"blank\"]Download article as PDF[\/button][\/one_third]\n[two_third_last]<strong>Author: <\/strong> Prof. Dr. jur. 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Walter Frenz, Ma\u00eetre en Droit Public, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen\/Germany The new Carbon Dioxide Storage and Transport Act (KSpTG) paved the way for CO2\u00a0storage in Germany. &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1075],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21282","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","category-fachartikel-2026"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The new CCS Act for Germany - MINING REPORT<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/mining-report.de\/english\/the-new-ccs-act-for-germany\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The new CCS Act for Germany - MINING REPORT\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Author: Prof. Dr. jur. 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