Energy: Carbon Capture and Storage

House of Lords written question – answered at on 20 June 2013.

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Photo of Lord Ezra Lord Ezra Liberal Democrat

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they consider that sufficient resources are being put into the development of carbon capture and storage in the United Kingdom and elsewhere, in the light of the level of coal in use in power stations worldwide.

Photo of Baroness Verma Baroness Verma The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change

The Government is absolutely committed to the development of Carbon Capture and Storage. In April 2012, we published the CCS Roadmap which sets out a comprehensive strategy for the development of cost-effective CCS and launched the £1bn Commercialisation Programme, together with a £125m four-year Research and Development programme. Budget 2013 announced the selection of two preferred bidders in the CCS Competition with the remaining two bidders as reserve projects.

We believe this is one of the best offers of any Government anywhere to support this technology. The UK is ideally suited to the development of a CCS industry, with excellent storage potential and industry expertise, as well as world-leading CCS research being undertaken in UK universities. To complement, we are working internationally to share knowledge and learn from other countries and projects, and to support capacity-building efforts in key developing countries, helping accelerate the deployment of CCS.

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