Carbon Capture and Storage

R&D

CCS: Inside Norway's world-leading carbon capture testing facility

Backed by state funding alongside leading oil and gas firms, Norway is leading the world in carbon capture R&D at its Technology Centre Mongstad

clock 16 August 2017 • 9 min read

Technology

CCS: How Norway is attempting to capture a future industry

The Nordic nation is pioneering an ambitious pipeline of CCS projects in the hope of sparking a new global industry into life

clock 15 August 2017 • 9 min read

Geo-Engineering

Report: Policymakers must incentivise carbon capture to hit Paris targets

Governments must decide who is responsible for capturing carbon and incentivise the technology's adoption on a 'gigatonne scale', warn Norwegian scientists

clock 14 August 2017 • 2 min read

CCS

Vattenfall gas plant considered for hydrogen and CCS conversion

Statoil, Vattenfall, and Gasunie to look at converting Dutch facility into hydrogen-powered plant, and explore combining H2 production with carbon capture and storage capabilities

clock 10 July 2017 • 3 min read

CCS

Report: There is enough UK CO2 storage capacity for decades to come

Energy Technologies Institute says 'substantial' CO2 storage capacity can meet demand through to 2050 and beyond

clock 16 June 2017 • 2 min read

Policy

MPs slam government for lacking Carbon Capture and Storage plan

Public Accounts Committee warns government has 'major gap' in its decarbonisation plans without more support for CCS

clock 28 April 2017 • 4 min read

CCS

Industrial CCS in Teesside: the Cinderella project that could set the UK towards its climate and growth goals

Sarah Tennison of the Tees Valley Combined Authority makes the case for fast-tracking the region's ambitious CCS plans

clock 08 February 2017 • 4 min read

CCS

Teesside Collective unveils proposal for industrial CCS network designed to undercut offshore wind power

Plan sets out how to capture industrial emissions at a cost of just £58 per tonne of carbon dioxide

clock 07 February 2017 • 5 min read

Infrastructure

£168m for nothing: A new approach is needed for CCS

Lord Oxburgh argues it is time for a new approach to CCS that can deliver for the environment, for taxpayers, and for the UK's industrial heartlands

clock 25 January 2017 • 2 min read

CCS

National Audit Office slams £100m cost of flawed CCS competition

Report criticises UK's second failed attempt to deliver a CCS project, as government insists it 'hasn't closed the door' on the technology

clock 20 January 2017 • 4 min read