Industry: UK should adopt 10 per cent CCS electricity target

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Industry group says adopting target will help develop technology regarded as vital to cost-effective decarbonisation efforts

BP, Alstom, Siemens and EDF are among a group of companies today calling on the UK to adopt a target to source 10 per cent of UK electricity from fossil fuel power stations fitted with carbon capture and...

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