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Parliament to vote on CCS projects in the economic recovery plan

Publish date: May 6, 2009

Written by: Camilla Langsholt

BRUSSELS – The European Parliament has adopted, in plenary session the 6th May 2009, the important financing for carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects in the European Union economic recovery package.

The European Commission proposed in January 2009 to contribute €1.05 billion euro of its crisis package for CCS projects. The economic recovery package has set aside a total of €3.98 billion euro on energy infrastructure projects to meet the challenge of European energy dependence.   

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