Researchers have urged the Scottish Government to adopt a “twin-track” approach to carbon capture and storage (CCS) to help achieve emissions targets.
In a briefing sent to the government, Scottish Carbon Capture & Storage (SCCS) said it had outlined a different path to developing the technology in Scotland.
Plans to build a CCS plant in Peterhead were derailed a year ago following the UK Government’s decision to cut £1billion worth of funding for the technology.
SCCS said that by starting small and capturing carbon dioxide across the heat, power, transport and industry sectors, the effectiveness of overall efforts to tackle Scotland’s carbon emissions can be improved.
The organisation also said immediate steps should be taken to secure national infrastructure that can be used for large-scale, permanent CO2 storage, which will be necessary to decarbonise heavy industry.
Prof Stuart Haszeldine, SCCS director, said: “Scotland can start capturing and storing CO2 now through actions at local and business scale while also taking immediate action on seed projects for national CO2 storage infrastructure.
“Taking this twin-track approach can maintain Scotland’s international lead in affordable energy transition to a zero-carbon economy.”
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