08.02.2021

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Utility Week: Will Gardiner: The next nine months are critical

"Drax chief executive Will Gardiner shares his thoughts on the countdown to COP, calling it a unique opportunity to showcase the UK’s decarbonisation expertise. However, he warns that to present a coherent argument on how we will tackle emissions, the government needs to be clear on frameworks for supporting the rapid scale-up of a diverse range of technologies."

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04.02.2021

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The Association for Decentralised Energy: Veolia and Carbon Clean announce first carbon capture trials in UK Energy Recovery Facilities

"Veolia is set to become the first UK operator of Energy Recovery Facilities (ERF) to demonstrate the latest carbon capture technology with Carbon Clean, a global leader in low-cost carbon capture technology."

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25.01.2021

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The Guardian: Carbon capture is vital to meeting climate goals, scientists tell green critics

"Supporters insist that storage technology is not a costly mistake but the best way for UK to cut emissions from heavy industry."

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18.01.2021

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Freites, Samira Garcia; Jones, Christopher (2020): A Review of the Role of Fossil FuelBased Carbon Capture and Storage in the Energy System

Freites, Samira Garcia; Jones, Christopher (2020): A Review of the Role of Fossil FuelBased Carbon Capture and Storage in the Energy System. Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research. Manchester.

"The research states that significant CCS cannot be expected in the energy sector until the 2030s at least. In the context of increasingly constrained carbon budgets, the Scottish and UK Government are placing reliance over the next decade on this technology that has a track record of over-promising and under-delivering."

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15.01.2021

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Rigzone: OGA Launches Carbon Storage Research Project

"The UK Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) has announced that it is seeking tenders from third parties with carbon capture and storage project experience that aim to identify and describe risks and mitigations which must be considered as part of future carbon storage projects in the UK."

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07.01.2021

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insider.co.uk: Scottish net zero project to share £8 million UK Government funding

"Money is part of a drive to create the world’s first net zero emissions industrial zone by 2040."

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21.12.2020

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Argus Media: UK’s CCC advises BECCS, domestic biomass supply

"Carbon capture and storage (CCS) — particularly when used with bioenergy (BECCS) — is essential for the UK to reach net zero emissions by 2050, the UK government's advisory Climate Change Committee (CCC) said today in its sixth carbon budget."

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16.12.2020

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Electronics Weekly: UKSA’s National Space Innovation Programme funds 21 UK organisations

"The UK government is investing £7 million, via the National Space Innovation Programme, in 21 UK organisations working on innovative space technologies."

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16.12.2020

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Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (2020): Energy white paper: Powering our net zero future

Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (2020): Energy white paper: Powering our net zero future. UK Government policy paper. London. Available online at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/energy-white-paper-powering-our-net-zero-future.

"Energy white paper setting out how the UK will clean up its energy system and reach net zero emissions by 2050."

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16.12.2020

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Biomass Magazine: UK white paper says BECCS, RNG will help meet net zero goal

"The U.K. government on Dec. 14 published a white paper that describes how the country will clean up its energy system and reach net zero emissions by 2050. Bioenergy carbon capture and storage (BECCS) and renewable natural gas (RNG) will play an integral role in reaching that goal."

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