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Publish date: June 1, 2010
Written by: Veronica Webster
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Under the Agreement, Romania will receive €115.2 million, whilst Poland will receive €311.2 million.
Given the need for Europe to move towards a low carbon economy in the mid-term, it is crucial that Poland and Romania grasp the benefits of being first-movers when it comes to new technologies such as CCS. This is especially important for coal-intensive Poland.
“It is now up to the governments of the recipient countries to focus on CCS and agree a Memorandum of Understanding with Norway. The ball is in the camp of the recipient countries. Bellona will work actively in these countries to ensure that CCS will benefit from this funding scheme”, says Paal Frisvold, chairman of Bellona.
Access a copy of the Agreement here.
Recent attacks on Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant "mark the beginning of a new and gravely dangerous front of the war," the UN atomic agency's director general said last week.
After years of inaction, Germany is working on its Carbon Management Strategy to resolve how CCS can play a role in climate action in industry. At the end of February, the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action published first key points and a proposal to amend the law Kohlenstoffdioxid Speicherungsgesetz (KSpG). Bellona Deutschland, who was actively involved in the previous stakeholder dialogue submitted a statement in the association hearing.
In the midst of a global discussion on whether natural gas should be used as a transitional fuel and whether emissions from its extraction, production, transport and use are significantly less than those from other fossil fuels, Russia has developed ambitious plans to increase its own production of liquified natural gas (LNG) in the Arctic – a region with 75% of proven gas reserves in Russia – to raise its share in the international gas trade.
In this news digest, we monitor events that impact the environment in the Russian Arctic. Our main focus lies in identifying the factors that contribute to pollution risks and climate change.