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Huhne: Government "will not be proceeding" with Longannet CCS project

19 October 2011 •

Government pulls plug on £1bn funding for flagship carbon capture project

Energy and Climate Change Secretary Chris Huhne has this afternoon confirmed that the government will not provide funding to the Scottish Power's proposed Longannet carbon capture and storage (CCS) project....

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