Updated: SSE kicks on with Peterhead carbon capture plans

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Agreement with Shell will see design work begin next year if European funding is forthcoming - but Hunterston CCS plant rejected

SSE is pressing ahead with plans to fit carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology to its 385MW gas-fired power plant in Peterhead after entering today into a joint-development agreement with Shell...

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