Carbon capture and storage remains firmly on the agenda for many countries globally, but in recent years the deployment of CCUS has emerged as a more viable concept offering a new approach to climate change mitigation.
That’s according to a new report by the Energy Industries Council (EIC) which also looks at CCUS as a centre pillar of the UK Government’s industrial strategy, clean growth and low carbon policies.
Speaking at CCUS 2019 earlier this week, Stuart Broadley, Industries Council CEO, said, “We need to learn the lessons from offshore wind more than decade ago, when opportunities were missed by the UK government to set a clear policy to invest to become a world leader in offshore wind technology, leading to a largely imported technology today.”
“We have missed the boat with offshore wind, but today have the exciting chance to be a primary global technology player in CCUS and hydrogen, and we should use the COP26 platform in November 2020 in Glasgow to declare this intention to the world.”
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