CCS
Necessity or distraction? How carbon capture and negative emissions debates are starting to heat up
Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth, and Global Witness have all raised concerns about the creeping reliance on unproven carbon removal methods in companies' decarbonisation strategies, but some scientists maintain carbon capture is essential if net zero...
Essar and Progressive Energy plot £750m hydrogen CCS hub in Cheshire
The two firms are drawing up plans to produce hydrogen and capture CO2 at an oil refinery in Ellesmere Port
From floating turbines to carbon capture x-rays: UK clean tech research labs gain multi-million pound funding boost
Government announces £213m funding pot to help upgrade UK science and research facilities up and down the country
Government unveils £8m to advance plans for six net zero industrial hubs
Latest funding to be split between six regional industrial decarbonisation projects across the UK in support of hydrogen, carbon capture and renewable energy technologies
Oil and gas majors claim progress against greenhouse gas goals
Oil and Gas Climate Initiative (OGCI) releases annual progress report detailing efforts to cut methane emissions and step up clean tech investment
Drax: Yorkshire net zero industry hub could create 49,000 jobs
Study by Vivid Economics estimates scaling up carbon capture, hydrogen, and BECCS could deliver £3bn economic boost to the region
Government promises to unleash net zero investment blitz with 10 Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution
Carbon capture, hydrogen, nuclear, EVs, and renewables all set to benefit from £12bn government stimulus plan, but critics warn funding falls well short of the level required to trigger a green recovery
BP, Eni, Equinor, Shell and Total lodge bid for North Sea CO2 storage pipeline
Four oil and gas majors form alliance with National Grid in bid for government funding for project to transport and store industrial CO2 under the seabed
Net Zero Festival: Going negative - making negative emissions a reality
VIDEO: Regen CEO Merlin Hyman speaks to Drax's Rebecca Heaton, David Joffe from the Committee on Climate Change, Jenifer Baxter from the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IME), and Great Grimsby MP Lia Nici about the challenges and opportunities of...
Zero Carbon Humber: Consortium tables £75m bid for hydrogen CCS cluster
Project aims to develop Europe's largest joint hydrogen production and carbon capture project by 2026, according to partners
UK firm Carbon8 to deploy carbon capture technology at Dutch energy plant
The pilot is set to combine waste fly ash with captured CO2 to create manufactured aggregate for the construction industry
'Transformational': A tour of Drax's innovative CO2 capture pilot in North Yorkshire
VIDEO: The energy company has been trialling ground-breaking CCS technology at its biomass power plant in a bid to achieve negative emissions
Transforming a power station for our net zero future
A timeline from coal to negative emissions at Drax – told by the engineers who were there
Global Briefing: California plots 2035 end date for fossil fuel car sales
Plus EU's plan to cut aviation CO2, Norway's CCS project, Australia's green tech investment blitz and the top green business news from around the world this week
Boris Johnson teases 'big bet' for UK on wind, hydrogen and CCS
PM touts 'green industrial revolution' as fix for climate and Covid crises as he urges countries to step up climate efforts
Zoom in on Net Zero - with Drax CCS head Karl Smyth
VIDEO: Head of carbon capture and storage strategy & engagement at UK energy firm joins BusinessGreen editor in chief James Murray
Drax carbon capture pilot takes step forward as it appoints engineering partner
Australian firm Worley appointed by Drax to provide the front-end engineering and design work on the first two carbon capture units at its Yorkshire biomass plant
Global Briefing: Democrats eye 2050 net zero goal for US
Plus Indian Railways aim for net zero, Norway CCS plans, and all the top green business news from around the world this week
Boris Johnson touts £350m innovation funding to fuel 'green, sustainable recovery'
PM marks first year in Number 10 with support for raft of CCS, hydrogen, green construction, space and transport projects
Power recovery with green jobs and infrastructure, top businesses urge Chancellor
Aldersgate Group of leading businesses sets out how Treasury can deliver on 'green recovery' promises through this autumn's Budget
'Build, build, build': Government reveals plan for Direct Air Carbon Capture funding boost
Update provided alongside Prime Minister's speech on economic recovery, confirms plans for up to £100m of carbon capture innovation funding
Drax to trial second CO2 capture system at Yorkshire biomass plant
Drax teams up with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries for 'groundbreaking' 12-month carbon capture pilot at its Yorkshire biomass plant
Factories of the future
All across the country green industrial facilities are planned that could turbocharge the recovery and help deliver net zero emissions