UK OKs Funding For Studies For Testing For Pilot Carbon Capture Plant That Might Be Built . . .
. . . someday.
Plans to capture carbon dioxide emissions from power stations and bury them under the North Sea moved a step closer on Monday as the Goverment awarded funding to Drax to develop a proposed “clean coal” plant in Yorkshire.
The £2bn “White Rose” project would be one of the first commercial-scale “carbon capture and storage” (CCS) plants, which ministers claim could eventually be used to power all UK homes.
The Government has pledged £1bn funding for CCS projects but critics say they have made slow progress in getting the embryonic technology off the drawing board.
The award to Drax is understood to be tens of millions of pounds, to fund engineering, planning and financial work. If the plant were built it would also be entitled to subsidies.
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/energy/10507117/Draxs-2bn-clean-coal-project-wins-government-funding.html
