CCUS in the UK

The CCSA’s latest industry survey, published in its CCUS Delivery Plan Update 2025, identified over 100 projects now in development with a potential capture capacity of 77 MtCO₂pa in the pipeline. This is reflective of the UK having advanced CCUS plans in all its major industrial regions including Scotland, Teesside, Yorkshire and Humber, Derbyshire & Staffordshire the North West of England, North Wales and South Wales.

Project development was initiated through the original Cluster Sequencing Process launched by the Government in February 2021. This aimed to develop the full value chain for CCUS, from capture plants to transport and storage, centred around industrial clusters across the country.

HyNet and the East Coast Cluster
In October 2024, the Government committed £21.7 billion over 25 years to develop the UK’s first two CCUS clusters. By December 2024, the Northern Endurance Partnership (NEP) transport and storage network and Net Zero Teesside (NZT) Power—the first committed capture project—reached a final investment decision with Government, moving the East Coast Cluster (ECC) into construction. In April 2025, Eni’s Liverpool Bay CCS project also reached financial close, enabling construction HyNet’s transport and storage network.

The Government’s 2025 Spending Review confirming funding for the build-out of both HyNet and the ECC during this Parliament. Since then, they have published the HyNet Project Negotiation List – which identified ten capture projects for bilateral engagement with government – announced a Teesside selection process for 2026 and undertaken a market survey for Humber capture projects.

Alongside NZT Power, two further capture projects have reached financial close: the UK’s first carbon capture-enabled cement plant at Padeswood, developed by Heidelberg Materials UK, and one of the world’s first full-scale carbon capture-enabled waste-to-energy facilities at Protos, Ellesmere Port, developed by Encyclis. Additional capture projects are expected to reach financial close in 2026.

The Scottish Cluster and Viking CCS
The Government has committed development funding to both the Acorn Project in Scotland and Viking CCS on the East Coast as part of its £9.4 billion parliamentary CCUS commitment confirmed in the Spending Review. Both projects aim to reach financial close by the end of this Parliament, subject to readiness and affordability.
Acorn will provide the transport and storage network for the Scottish Cluster, connecting to National Gas Transmission’s SCO₂T Connect project and a range of industrial, power, hydrogen, bioenergy, and waste-to-energy emitters.

Viking CCS, led by Harbour Energy, will develop transport and storage infrastructure serving the Humber region, with offshore storage in the Southern North Sea, supporting decarbonisation of the UK’s largest and most emissions-intensive industrial region.

Morecambe Net Zero (MNZ) | Peak Cluster
Alongside the four Government-committed projects, MNZ | Peak Cluster secured £28.6 million from the National Wealth Fund to support the development of a planned carbon dioxide transport pipeline. The project aims to decarbonise around 40% of the UK’s cement and lime industry, supporting a sustainable domestic supply of construction materials and demonstrating the role of public finance in accelerating CCUS deployment.

The other clusters and projects
A strong pipeline of additional clusters and CO₂ storage projects exists across the UK, including Bacton Thames Net Zero, 7CO₂, South Wales Industrial Cluster, Poseidon, Solent, Veri and Medway Hub.

While these sit outside the Government’s currently committed clusters, they represent significant future capture potential and infrastructure needed to meet carbon budgets, achieve net zero, and protect foundational industries. Many will depend on the delivery of non-pipeline transport frameworks and the ability to operate on a merchant basis.

The CCSA is working with Government to establish a clear, predictable route to market for future clusters.
Storage assets.

The UK has substantial carbon storage potential, with an estimated 78 billion tonnes of CO₂ capacity in the UK Continental Shelf—around one-third of Europe’s total. This includes depleted North Sea oil and gas fields, enabling the reuse of existing infrastructure, skills, and jobs. The UK could therefore store both domestic emissions and cross-border CO₂ from Europe. More than 20 storage licences are in development, and a second NSTA licensing round opened in late 2025 to support further asset development.

Read more about the status of the UK CCUS industry in the ‘CCSA UK CCUS Delivery Plan Update 2025’.

UK Carbon Capture Project Pipeline

This map is a snapshot of CO₂ capture projects in development in the UK. It only includes projects who were happy for us to share their information in this way. You can filter by the type, the sector, location, and the expected Commercial Operation Date (COD).

 

If you would like your CO₂ capture project to appear on the map, please email projectpipeline@ccsassociation.org.

^{Notes
To enable the map functionality, where projects have not given us permission to share their projected CO2 capture volume, we have assigned a token value of 0.01MtCO2pa. Similarly, where we have not been able to share the target commercial operations year for a project, we have assigned it a placeholder date of 2040.}

^{Note that data provided in the map has not been independently verified and does not, and is not intended to, constitute investment advice; instead, all information, content, and materials available on this dashboard are for illustrative purposes only. This map was inspired by, and partially based on data from, CaptureMap.}