New Carbon Capture Supply Chain Strategy calls for coordinated action from UK Government and industry to create a new homegrown industry and support tens of thousands of jobs
The Carbon Capture and Storage Association (CCSA), the trade body for the Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage (CCUS) industry in Europe, is today launching a CCUS Supply Chain Strategy which sets out a number of actions to deliver a successful CCUS industry that has the potential to safeguard 77,000 existing jobs in heavy industries such as steel and cement, while creating 70,000 new jobs in the green economy.
The CCSA has launched the strategy jointly with the CCUS Council Supply Chain Working Group, chaired by Make UK Chairman Lord Hutton. The working group advises ministers on deploying and scaling up carbon capture technology.
In order to achieve a target of 50% UK content in the manufacturing, goods and services underpinning new carbon capture and storage technology the Supply Chain Strategy sets out three key actions for Government and industry during the early phase of subsidised deployment:
Today’s strategy includes a Good Practice Guidance document for industry which, provided the above actions are met, sets out a pathway for delivering the UK content ambition. This guidance is aimed at supporting developers and contractors to build local supply chains by improving planning and engagement at an early stage and throughout the procurement process.
The guidance document covers six key areas of focus:
The CCSA is also today submitting a paper on CCUS skills into the Green Jobs Delivery Group, which was convened by the Government to support the creation of almost half a million green jobs by 2030. The “CCSA Workforce & Skills Position Paper” sets out the strong linkages between developing the CCUS supply chain and skills and highlights the need for urgent action to coordinate the skills requirements across the entire low carbon economy.
Ruth Herbert, Chief Executive at the CCSA, said:
“The report published today at our President’s Reception emphasises the massive opportunity that CCUS represents for the UK. Our strategy concludes that developing a UK CCUS supply chain, together with skills and training programmes, is urgently needed to decarbonise our heavy industries and protect jobs in regions such as Yorkshire & Humber, Wales, the North-West of England and the North-East of Scotland.
“The prize is significant – the opportunity for the UK to access a multi-billion-pound global supply chain market for CCUS equipment, goods and services, as well as the creation of over 70,000 new UK jobs whilst safeguarding up to 77,000 jobs in carbon-intensive industries at risk of being relocated abroad.
“This strategy requires Government to target investment on manufacturing yards which have the potential to supply high value items to the CCUS industry and will be delivering multiple large strategic infrastructure developments over the next decade. From the industry’s side, by following the guidance we aim to improve the transparency of the procurement process and ensure that local supply chain engagement is prioritised from early on in the development cycle.”
Lord Callanan, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Energy Efficiency and Green Finance), said:
“A successful UK supply chain is key to sustaining existing, and creating new, high-skill, high-value green jobs and supporting growth in industrial clusters.
“To achieve this, industry and government must work together and today’s new report from the Carbon Capture and Storage Association is a crucial step forward to harnessing the full potential of Britain’s CCUS industry.”
Lord Hutton, Chair of Make UK and Chair of the CCUS Council Supply Chain Working Group, said:
“It’s encouraging to see the CCUS industry take the lead in developing supply chain guidance and if projects follow this guidance, together with Government providing strong support, then a reliable, high quality and secure domestic supply chain can be achieved.”
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Notes to Editors
On the 12th July, the CCSA published two documents which can be found below.
The Supply Chain Strategy and Good Practice Guidance Document is a joint study between the CCSA Supply Chain Working Group and the CCUS Council Supply Chain Working Group. The following organisations contributed to this study:
CCUS, or Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage, is a key low carbon solution – vital to meeting the UK’s statutory Net Zero target at least cost. CCUS enables the production of clean power, clean products (such as steel and cement) and clean hydrogen – which can then be used to decarbonise heating and transport. In addition, CCUS also enables greenhouse gas removal from the atmosphere through Direct Air Capture with Storage (DACS) or Bioenergy with CCS (BECCS).
The CCSA is the lead European association accelerating the commercial deployment of CCUS. We work with members, governments and other organisations to ensure CCUS is developed and deployed at the pace and scale necessary to meet net zero goals and deliver sustainable growth across regions and nations.
The CCSA currently has over 100 member companies who are active in developing and deploying different applications of carbon capture, CO2 transportation, utilisation, geological storage, and other permanent storage solutions, including end-users from the power and industrial and hydrogen production sectors and members from management, legal and financial consulting sectors.
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CCSA CCUS Supply Chain Good Practice Guidance