Two projects in the North of England aimed at sequestering carbon and producing hydrogen have won the full-throated support of the UK government and a pledge for nearly £22 billion over the next 25 years.
Two UK Track 1 carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) projects have pushed towards final approval after the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) proposed offering them CO2 transport and storage licences.
A leading analyst said that additional CCS licences are "not going to save the North Sea" as Track 1 projects wait for government clarity.
As the new Labour government outlines plans for publicly owned carbon capture projects, Peel NRE development director Richard Barker looks at the role of the technology in reaching net zero and how plans are progressing on the ground.
An environmental consultant has lost a High Court challenge against the Government’s approval of a new gas power station in north-east England.
The policy brains behind the UK’s carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) clusters have hailed progress towards ambitions to make Great Britain a world leader in the technology despite deep concerns about delays in the projects.
The Drax power station in Yorkshire receives £550 million per year in green subsidies despite being the largest single carbon emitter in the UK, a report has found.
Aberdeen's Apollo Engineering will lead three feasibility studies into the planned Severnside Carbon Capture and Shipping Hub (7CO2) near Bristol.
The creation of a major CCUS hub in the Humber industrial region is essential to the UK energy transition and will accelerate the production of low-carbon products such as Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF), according to Drax Group.
Other countries are “the winners of the energy transition” as low carbon projects in the UK are stalled by government red tape, an energy boss has warned.
Fewer people have explored the deep ocean than have been to the moon.
The UK is considering delaying support for some carbon capture projects until after this year as costs rise for the fledgling technology that’s critical to the country’s climate goals.
Saipem is readying itself to construct a CO2 transport pipeline in the UK after £4 billion in contracts were dished out.
H2H Saltend project aims to "kick-start" decarbonisation initiatives in the surrounding Humber region.
SSE Thermal will develop the scheme with Aberdeen-headquartered infrastructure firm Kellas Midstream.
A new report finds that the UK’s carbon capture and storage (CCS) capacity is likely to fall short of 2030 targets and complains of ‘disproportionate’ support for blue hydrogen schemes over electricity generation.
Chief executive of Wood (LON:WG), Ken Gilmartin, says that his firm's growth in carbon capture comes from picking work that allows its “subject matter experts shine.”
The Keadby 3 carbon capture power station in the Humber has become the first power and CCS project in the UK to receive planning permission.
A government minister has pledged to accelerate the second phase of the UK’s carbon capture and storage (CCS) rollout.
Carbon capture and storage (CCS) could create and underpin thousands of green jobs in the north and north-east of Scotland in the coming years.
Over a third of the UK’s carbon emissions are generated by the 80 percent of domestic homes currently using natural gas for heating and cooking.
Industrial sites and chemicals plants are rarely portrayed as the new clean industries of the future, but many are now at the sharp end of the energy transition.
Shearwater Geoservices has landed a contract with BP for work for the East Coast CCUS cluster in the UK to scope out storage sites.
The industry regulator has dished out two carbon storage licenses, taking the total number of permits in place in the UK to six.
Shell (LON: SHEL) has penned a co-operation agreement with Uniper (ETR: UN01) to progress plans for low-carbon hydrogen production in the UK.