10 things about CCS

Knotted chimney stack

  1. Tackling climate change without CCS will be more expensive
  2. CCS is applicable to industrial sources of CO2, not just fossil-fuelled power plant
  3. Biomass and CCS will result in negative CO2 emissions
  4. CCS is already happening!
  5. CCS is creating new jobs in the UK
  6. CO2 has been safely captured, stored and transported for decades
  7. Fossil fuel power stations work even when it’s not windy (unlike wind turbines!)
  8. Disused oil and gas pipelines can be reused to transport CO2
  9. The UK’s Committee on Climate Change see CCS as a key technology
  10. Hydrogen produced in “pre-combustion capture” instal­lations can be used to power vehicles

WHAT IS CCS?

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What is CCS?

FAQs

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FAQs