Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Environment Protection
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to support early-stage greenhouse gas removal projects in the UK.
Answered by Michael Shanks
Government remain committed to developing and deploying Greenhouse Gas Removals (GGR) at scale in the UK, recognising the important role they play in achieving net zero. We are progressing a comprehensive and holistic policy framework to build the GGR industry in the UK.
Government have developed a GGR Business Model to incentivise private investment in large-scale GGR projects through a contractual revenue support mechanism.
We have commissioned the British Standards Institution (BSI) to develop GGR methodologies, which will be crucial to preserve the integrity of any market for negative emissions and instill public and investor confidence that removals are genuine and verifiable.
The Government is committed to CCUS which is critical for enabling infrastructure for GGRs and has enabled GGR projects to apply to the expansion of the HyNet and East Coast CCUS clusters.
Government invested over £80 million through the Direct Air Capture and Greenhouse Gas Removal Innovation Programme and the UKRI-funded Greenhouse Gas Removal Demonstrator (GGR-D) Programme and its coordinating CO2RE Hub.
Finally, we are supporting demand by promoting high-integrity voluntary carbon markets and long-term demand through signalling our intention to include engineered Greenhouse Gas Removals (GGRs) in the UK ETS.
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