Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps the Government is taking to support the active removal of greenhouse gasses from the atmosphere.

In the Net Zero Strategy, the Government committed to develop and deploy Greenhouse Gas Removal (GGR)technologies at scale, including an ambition to deploy at least 5MtCO2/yr of engineered removals by 2030.

The Government has committed over £100m under the Net Zero Innovation Portfolio to fund direct air capture innovation programmes.

In June, the government response to the GGR business model consultation confirmed that the Government is minded to progress based on a ‘contract for difference’ structure.

The Government is minded to enable GGRs to apply to CCS Track-1 expansion and Track-2, subject to criteria under development.