Norway proposes major cuts to carbon capture and storage budget

Madeleine Cuff
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State budget proposal for 2018, unveiled late last week, sets out plans to slash CCS funding 90 per cent

On the same day at the UK government finally unveiled new funding support for the carbon capture usage and storage sector (CCUS), the Norwegian government proposed cutting its own support for the technology...

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