CCS

Politics

CCUS Taskforce: Government must act now if it wants affordable carbon capture

Government should have two carbon capture clusters up and running by the mid-2020s to secure least cost decarbonisation, Taskforce warns

clock 19 July 2018 • 3 min read

CCS

Norway seeks bids for North Sea CO2 storage contracts

Norwegian government invites companies to submit commercial bids for contracts to store captured carbon dioxide in reservoirs below the sea

clock 06 July 2018 • 2 min read

Biomass

'Government must provide more certainty': Drax, biomass CCS, and the end of coal

Drax Power CEO Andy Koss talks to BusinessGreen about the firm's new carbon capture project and why new gas is needed to balance the ever cleaner power grid

clock 19 June 2018 • 10 min read

Policy

On iron laws, CCS, and Carbon XPrizes

If carbon capture technologies are to ever take off they will need to become economic, but, as Tom Chivers, argues a new cash prize could yet unlock a whole new industry

clock 13 June 2018 • 4 min read

CCS

Study: Captured CO2 can be safely store for 'thousands of years'

New scientific analysis set to boost confidence in carbon capture and storage technology

clock 13 June 2018 • 1 min read

Technology

SIMEC boss: Government-backed financing solution is needed for CCS

EXCLUSIVE: Technology is ready for carbon capture and storage, says Jay Hambro, but lack of insurance solution is holding back its deployment

clock 08 June 2018 • 4 min read

CCS

'Hugely exciting': Drax to test carbon capture technology at North Yorkshire biomass plant

Drax and C-Capture say North Yorkshire pilot could be the 'first of several' in the UK aimed at delivering negative emissions

clock 21 May 2018 • 6 min read

Infrastructure

Fracking: Government promises 'faster and fairer' planning decisions

Written Statement sets out plans to accelerate fracking development, as critics accuse ministers of undermining green rhetoric

clock 17 May 2018 • 6 min read

Policy

CCS 'milestone': Norway agrees backing for carbon capture, transport and storage projects

Government announces NOK 80m additional funding for 2018 to cover studies of CO2 transport, storage and up to two capture facilities

clock 15 May 2018 • 4 min read

Climate change

Less meat and more green power: Scientists cook up 1.5 degrees trajectory with minimal reliance on negative emissions

Research suggests 1.5 degrees target is within reach even without large-scale use of negative emissions technology - but would require major shift in consumer behaviour

clock 16 April 2018 • 2 min read