Biomass Strategy: Energy industry urges government to deliver 'workable routes to market' for BECCS

Cecilia Keating
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Biomass is a broad term for a host of natural energy feedstocks such as wood pellets, algae and seaweed | Credit: iStock
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Biomass is a broad term for a host of natural energy feedstocks such as wood pellets, algae and seaweed | Credit: iStock

Seven energy trade bodies warn UK could be left 'without a crucial tool for tackling climate change' if government does not act rapidly to scale BECCS

A group of energy sector trade bodies have urged the government to set out "workable routes to market" for bioenergy and carbon capture and storage (BECCS), if the technology is to play a key role in supporting...

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