National Grid preparing carbon capture arm

James S Murray
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Company investigating using increasingly redundant North Sea gas pipes to pump captured CO2 solution into old gas beds

The National Grid is planning to offer a new service that will take CO2 emissions from UK power stations and store them in rocks under the North Sea. The service – which the company said is at "very...

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