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CCSA responds to the Climate Change Committee’s 2022 Progress Report to Parliament

Posted on: June 29th, 2022 by ccsaEditor

29 June 2022, London – The Carbon Capture and Storage Association (CCSA), the trade body for the Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage (CCUS) industry, welcomes the Climate Change Committee’s 2022 Progress Report to Parliament, published today.

Ruth Herbert, Chief Executive of the CCSA said:

“Today’s report from the Climate Change Committee is clear – the UK is not on track to deliver net zero and we need to move much further and faster on CCUS specifically.

Our CCUS Delivery Plan is a call to action for Government, to urgently confirm the business models for both CCUS and hydrogen and to provide clarity to investors on the process for selecting the next wave of clusters that must be operational by 2030.

By establishing a successful CCUS industry with a homegrown UK supply chain, we can unlock other climate solutions such as greenhouse gas removals which will be vital for harder-to-abate sectors such as aviation. The UK has a tremendous unique opportunity to become a global leader in this crucial technology, but we need to push the pedal now.”

 

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For media enquiries please contact Judith Shapiro on 07719763133 or email judith.shapiro@ccsassociation.org

The CCSA Welcomes the UK Infrastructure Bank first Strategic Plan

Posted on: June 23rd, 2022 by ccsaEditor

23 June 2022, London – The Carbon Capture and Storage Association (CCSA), the trade body for the Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage (CCUS) industry, welcomes the UK Infrastructure Bank’s first Strategic Plan launched today.

The plan sets out the UK Infrastructure Bank (UKIB) ambition to invest £22 billion to tackle climate change and regional growth; including scaling up green infrastructure and accelerating deployment of CCUS and hydrogen.

Ruth Herbert, Chief Executive of the CCSA said:

“Today’s announcement by the UK Infrastructure Bank is a massive vote of confidence for the CCUS industry, demonstrating that the UK is serious about long-term investment in this vital climate technology and the need for urgent and accelerated deployment.

The plan highlights the tremendous investment opportunity in delivering a clean energy sector for the UK, that also increases our self-reliance thereby helping to tackle the cost-of-living crisis.

CCUS and hydrogen will both play a crucial role in delivering this outcome and, together with the upcoming Energy Security Bill, the UK will have set out a strong regulatory and incentive framework, which, providing there is clarity on the scale and timing of revenue support, will enable these technologies to play their vital role at the heart of the net zero energy transition”.

 

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For media enquiries please contact Judith Shapiro on 07719763133 or email judith.shapiro@ccsassociation.org

Carbon8 secures £5m investment led by EDF and Vicat

Posted on: June 15th, 2022 by ccsaEditor

The CCSA comments on the NSTA Carbon Storage Licensing Round

Posted on: June 14th, 2022 by ccsaEditor

14 June 2022, London – Today the North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA), launched the first ever UK carbon storage licensing round, to support deployment of Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage (CCUS).

In total, 13 potential sites are available offshore across the Southern North Sea, Central North Sea, Northern North Sea, and East Irish Sea.

Ruth Herbert, Chief Executive of the CCSA said:

“Today’s announcement represents a key step forward to support the rapid growth that will be needed in CCUS, to ensure the UK remains on the path to net zero.

The CCUS industry welcomes this news, which supports one of the recommendations in the CCSA’s CCUS Delivery Plan 2035; the need to ensure additional CO2 storage capacity is developed, given that it can take 5-10 years to develop suitable sites.

The release of this license round has been accelerated by the NSTA in response to industry interest. We now need to see the government’s timetable for selection of the next wave of clusters and clarity on the process for emitters to apply to connect to CO2 transport and storage infrastructure”.

 

ENDS

For media enquiries please contact Judith Shapiro on 07719763133 or email judith.shapiro@ccsassociation.org

C-Capture awarded £1.7m in BEIS funding

Posted on: June 1st, 2022 by ccsaEditor

C-Capture, developers of world-leading chemical processes for carbon dioxide removal, has secured £1.7m in funding from the BEIS £1 billion Net Zero Innovation Portfolio (NZIP). The funding is part of the £20 million Carbon Capture, Usage and Storage (CCUS) Innovation 2.0 programme aimed at accelerating the deployment of next-generation CCUS technology in the UK.