Budget 2011: Axing of CCS levy stokes fears of funding gap

Will Nichols
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Industry insiders warn that duration and availability of government funding will delay carbon capture deployment

The budget announcement that the government will fund carbon capture and storage (CCS) demonstration projects from general spending does little to provide the long-term certainty developers require to...

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