UK: First Carbon Capture plant opened

UK carbon capture and storage technology took a major step forward as Energy Secretary Chris Huhne launched a test programme in Yorkshire on November 30, 2011. The project - worth more than £20million - is a partnership between industry partners Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE), Doosan Power Systems and Vattenfall and is supported by DECC, the Technology Strategy Board and Northern Way. The technology will capture the equivalent of up 100 tonnes of carbon emissions a day from SSE’s Ferrybridge coal-fired power station. The project is part a £125 million Governmen…

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Chris Huhne opens UK’s first Carbon Capture plant - Department of Energy and Climate Change