Energy firms to lobby against 2025 CCS deadline

James S Murray
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Energy industry seeks reassurances that coal plants will not be shut if CCS technology fails to work

The feasibility of the government's recent commitment to ensure all new coal-fired power plants have carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology fitted by 2025 is set to be challenged after it emerged...

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