21.04.26 | CCSA CEO Olivia Powis comments on the UK Government’s commitment to energy security, clean power and reducing exposure to global energy shocks

Earlier this week, Minister for Energy, Michael Shanks MP, delivered the keynote speech at a parliamentary event hosted by Luke Myer MP, where the CCSA pre-launched its updated Workforce and Skills Position Paper with case studies showcasing workforce and skills development stories from across the CCUS sector.

Earlier today, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves, announced an expansion of the British Industrial Competitiveness Scheme to bring down electricity costs for manufacturers. 

British industries must be protected from deindustrialisation and increasing costs, but this can be done without scrapping the carbon pricing framework which has successfully attracted billions of pounds of investment into the UK.

Today, the Government has announced a new Steel Strategy aimed at strengthening the long-term resilience and competitiveness of the UK steel sector.

As the European Union pushes to align climate ambition with industrial competitiveness, a new report by the CCSA in collaboration with Deloitte indicates that delays in deploying CCUS technologies risk both climate failure and deindustrialisation.