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Carbon Capture and Storage: Merseyside and Tees Valley

Asked by James McMurdockIndependentDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled Answered 28 May 2025UIN 53450

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what his planned timeline is for the carbon capture sites in Merseyside and Teesside.

Answered by Sarah Jones

Having reached financial close with East Coast Cluster in December 2024, and with the HyNet Transport and Storage Company, operated by Liverpool Bay CCS, in April 2025, construction is already underway, and we expect the Transport & Storage Companies to be operational from 2028. We continue to negotiate with other Track-1 projects and hope to conclude these negotiations as soon as possible subject to several assessments, including value for money.

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