Acorn CCS project secures £200m in government backing

Michael Holder
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The Acorn CCS project is expected to capture CO2 from the St Fergus gas terminal in Scotland | Credit: iStock
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The Acorn CCS project is expected to capture CO2 from the St Fergus gas terminal in Scotland | Credit: iStock

Firms behind carbon capture and storage project welcome £200m of initial development funding, but concerns grow over future of public sector energy efficiency funding

The government has confirmed plans to provide hundreds of millions of pounds in development funding for the Acorn carbon capture and storage (CCS) project in northern Scotland, following yesterday's Spending...

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