CCUS is already delivering reindustrialisation and good growth across the UK – Government must not lose momentum

London, 8 October 2026 – Carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) is already delivering jobs, investment and industrial growth across the UK. The Carbon Capture and Storage Association’s (CCSA) new regional growth map highlights this, with the trade body urging the Government to sustain support just as the sector starts to ramp up.

The first five projects across the East Coast Cluster (ECC) and HyNet have awarded over £4 billion in supply chain contracts, engaging around 350 companies and subcontractors. Both clusters are exceeding their voluntary target of sourcing 50% of supply chain content in the UK and are supporting around 5,500 construction jobs across Teesside, the North West and North Wales.

The impact extends around and beyond the project sites.

More than 60% of the pipe sections for the Northern Endurance Partnership (NEP), the backbone of the ECC, have been manufactured in Hartlepool, supporting c.150 skilled jobs and creating 35 additional roles. While px Group will recruit an on-site team of c.100 people locally for operations and maintenance. Wakefield-based Stockton Drilling Ltd will deliver pipeline, power cable and outlet facilities, while TechnipFMC will provide the offshore subsea injection system across UK sites in Newcastle, Evanton and Dunfermline. Alcatel Submarine Networks is delivering the project’s power and communications cable from its Greenwich headquarter.

Liverpool Bay CCS, the CO₂ Transportation & Storage (T&S) network for HyNet, will create 2,000+ jobs during construction and support 200-300 long-term roles over the project’s 25+ years of operation, contributing to sustained economic activity across the region. The first phase has seen 60% of the overall project expenditure being delivered through UK-based supply chain companies.

United Living Infrastructure Services (ULIS) is the primary contractor delivering the project’s T&S infrastructure under a £250m, three-year contract. The project has already created 50 jobs, with a further 300 roles expected over the next two years, plus 300 across the supply chain, supporting local employment, skills and long-term economic growth. JDR Cable Systems in Littleport, Cambridgeshire, is supplying submarine power cables, while Inverness-based Orion Group provides specialist recruitment and manpower services.

With continued deployment, the wider UK CCUS sector could support up to 50,000 jobs by 2050, unlock £26 billion of investment by 2030 and deliver £94 billion in gross value added by 2050.

More than 100 carbon capture and greenhouse gas removal projects are seeking access to CO₂ transport and storage infrastructure across the UK, creating opportunities to extend the jobs, investment and supply-chain benefits of the first clusters to industrial communities nationwide.

The CCSA is calling on the Government to protect the funding previously committed to the industry to reindustrialise our regions across Scotland, the Humber, Teesside, Merseyside, Derbyshire and Staffordshire, North and South Wales, and East Anglia.

It is vital to maximise use of the transport and storage infrastructure now under construction and establish a clear, investable framework for the next projects and clusters to be able to move into construction and take Final Investment Decisions this Parliament.

Continued deployment will also safeguard North Sea skills and expertise and reindustrialise our strategically important industries. This includes cement, chemicals, refining, waste and manufacturing, helping then decarbonise while continuing to produce and compete from the UK.

The UK now faces a strategic choice around building on the investment and industrial momentum already created, or allow prolonged uncertainty to drive capital, skills and manufacturing capacity to competing markets overseas.

Olivia Powis, CEO of the CCSA, said:

“Contracts for building CCUS are being placed with British companies, skilled people are at work, and major infrastructure is being built. At this point, reducing support would put that momentum at risk just as the sector is beginning to deliver. It would leave new infrastructure underused, undermine investor confidence for future projects and clusters and make it more likely that future investment, and the industrial capacity that comes with it, goes overseas.”

“To deliver reindustrialisation, the choice is to finish what we have started and build the first clusters, give the next projects a clear route to investment and spread the benefits to more industrial regions. That is how the UK turns its early lead in CCUS into long-term growth, stronger supply chains and more competitive manufacturing.”