'Reigniting our industrial heartlands': Government confirms £22bn funding for carbon capture hubs

Michael Holder
clock • 6 min read
The proposed Protos CCS energy from waste plant in Cheshire | Credit: Encyclis
Image:

The proposed Protos CCS energy from waste plant in Cheshire | Credit: Encyclis

Funding and industry agreements set to kick start series of carbon capture, transport, and storage projects across the North East and North West of England from 2028

The government has confirmed plans to invest almost £22bn over 25 years to enable the delivery of the UK's first commercial scale carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects by the end of the decade, as...

To continue reading this article...

Join BusinessGreen

In just a few clicks you can start your free BusinessGreen Lite membership for 12 months, providing you access to:

  • Three complimentary articles per month covering the latest real-time news, analysis, and opinion from Europe’s leading source of information on the Green economy and business
  • Receive important and breaking news stories via our daily news alert
  • Our weekly newsletter with the best of the week’s green business news and analysis

Join now

 

Already a BusinessGreen member?

Login

More on CCS

Encyclis secures green light for waste-to-energy CCS project in Bedfordshire
CCS

Encyclis secures green light for waste-to-energy CCS project in Bedfordshire

Rookery South Energy Recovery Facility set to be the second Encyclis facility in the UK fitted with carbon capture

clock 22 December 2025 • 2 min read
Stop waiting for silver bullets: How the UK can be a world leader in carbon removals
CCS

Stop waiting for silver bullets: How the UK can be a world leader in carbon removals

The UK already has the engineering capability, storage geology, industrial clusters and technical expertise to lead in carbon removal, writes Enfinium's Karl Smyth

Karl Smyth, Enfinium
clock 22 December 2025 • 5 min read
Reports: Drax to axe more than half its CCS workforce
CCS

Reports: Drax to axe more than half its CCS workforce

Reported loss of around 100 jobs to affect staff at both the main Drax Group and its Elimini carbon capture business in the UK and America

Stuart Stone
clock 15 December 2025 • 5 min read