Carbon Capture and Storage: Scotland

(asked on 24th June 2019) - View Source

Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment his Department has made of the role that carbon capture and storage technology could play in reducing emissions in Scotland.


Answered by
Chris Skidmore Portrait
Chris Skidmore
This question was answered on 1st July 2019

The Government believes that carbon capture, usage and storage (CCUS) has a potentially important role to play in meeting the UK’s climate targets and supporting our Industrial Strategy.

CCUS can play a critical role across the UK economy, helping to decarbonise industrial regions across the UK, including Grangemouth and St Fergus. Recognising this, we have provided funding, along with the Scottish Government and Total, to support the development of the proposed Project Acorn in St Fergus.

CCUS can also support the low carbon transformation of the UK’s industrial base which is why we consider that CCUS will likely play an important role in helping to meet the Industrial Clusters Mission, which was announced at COP24 in December 2018.

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