Could UK gas power stations still play a role on a net zero grid?

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SSE hopes to install CCS at its gas power plant in Peterhead
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SSE hopes to install CCS at its gas power plant in Peterhead

Aurora Energy Research contends thermal power generation equipped with hydrogen and CCS offers most cost-effective pathway to a net zero power system

Power sector decarbonisation is frequently characterised as the low hanging fruit of the UK's net zero transition. The spectacular decline in renewable energy technology costs over the last decade has...

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