ScottishPower flicks switch on first CCS unit

James S Murray
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Prototype at Longannet in Scotland represents first-time carbon has been captured from a working UK power station

The UK's first carbon capture unit to extract CO2 emissions from a working coal-fired power station was quietly switched on earlier today, as part of a project that will bolster ScottishPower's chances...

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