CCS could be cost-competitive with nuclear by 2020s

Will Nichols
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Government-backed task force says cost of carbon capture technology can be slashed by developing industry clusters

Fossil fuel-fired power stations with carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology could produce electricity as cheaply as nuclear and renewable energy technologies by the end of the decade, a government-backed...

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