Marine CCS takes a Leap in Britain

Marine CCS takes a Leap in Britain



BRITAIN’s £9.5 billion plan to bury power station pollution under the sea will move a step closer this week.

Ed Miliband, the energy secretary, is ready to give tens of millions of pounds to Eon and Scottish Power, the utility groups, to finish designs for so-called carbon capture and storage (CCS) equipment that would be fitted to coal-fired power stations.

CCS catches carbon dioxide generated by burning fossil fuels, liquefies it and pumps it into underground storage caverns.

The government sees it as a key element of its plans to slash Britain’s greenhouse gas emissions. Last year, it introduced a carbon levy to raise £9.5 billion to fund up to four of the experimental plants.

Miliband will also supply fresh details of the government’s vision to build “carbon clusters” in regions where heavy industry and power plants are located. Moving millions of tonnes of carbon from plants to spent oil and gas fields in the North Sea will require a large new pipeline network.

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