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Carbon Capture and Storage

Asked by Abtisam MohamedLabourDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled Answered 3 December 2024UIN 15963

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the viability of carbon capture technologies.

Answered by Sarah Jones

Carbon capture technology has been proven in many countries across the world, and the Climate Change Committee have described it as a “necessity not an option” for reaching Net Zero. As a part of the initial assessment for choosing the first CCUS clusters, projects were assessed against five criteria including deliverability, under which technical viability was considered.

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