Green light for UK carbon capture projects – but will they deliver?
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Angeli Mehta2025-03-07T09:30:00
The country is already behind on targets to capture carbon dioxide and is playing catch up
The UK’s first carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects have been given the go-ahead. But questions are being asked about their value for money and how quickly the next projects will be rolled out.
After more than 15 years of cancellations and delays by successive governments, contracts for the first projects were signed in December. These include a gas power plant on Teesside, expected to be producing electricity in 2028 and to capture 95% of its emissions – some 2 million tonnes of carbon dioxide every year – and the transport and storage infrastructure to handle 4 million tonnes of emissions annually.