Carbon Capture and Storage

Part of Energy Security and Net Zero – in the House of Commons at on 23 May 2023.

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Photo of Grant Shapps Grant Shapps The Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero

The right hon. Gentleman is absolutely right about this, but the UK is playing a leading role with its recent £20 billion investment in carbon capture, usage and storage. We have sufficient space to store potentially 78 billion tonnes of carbon under the North sea—equivalent, I am told, to the space occupied by over 15.5 billion well-fed elephants. I would be more than happy to meet him to discuss the potential of the field he mentioned.