UK edges closer to first CCS plant, as Davey pledges support

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Contract notice in EU journal last step before final tender for commercial-scale carbon capture and storage

The UK government has called for proposals for a variety of new projects to support the building of the UK's first carbon capture and storage (CCS) plants, adding that it will release a final tender for...

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