CCS: Two major UK carbon capture projects clear final financial hurdles

Michael Holder
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Construction of CO2 transport and storage infrastructure and gas-fired power plant fitted with CCS now expected to start in summer 2025

Financial agreements have been finalised for two of the UK's first major carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects, paving the way for construction to begin as soon as next summer, the developers behind...

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