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Publish date: April 28, 2014
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According to the White Rose website, the project comprises a state-of-the-art coal-fired power plant that is equipped with full CCS technology. The plant will also have the potential to co-fire biomass and thereby attain negative emissions (read more about Bio-CCS). The project is intended to prove CCS technology at commercial scale and demonstrate it as a competitive form of low-carbon power generation and as an important technology in tackling climate change.
The funding will come from the NER300 programme, which is a financing instrument managed jointly by the European Commission, the European Investment Bank and the Member States. It was recently announced that the programme will support innovative renewable energy demonstration projects and CO2 capture schemes across Europe with €2 billion.
It was announced in December 2013 that White Rose will receive funding from the UK government.
“This is a huge win for Britain that could secure millions of pounds of EU funding to support the country’s first carbon capture power station, and perhaps the first in Europe. If we are serious about cutting our CO2 emissions at the lowest possible cost then carbon capture must have a role to play. This is a perfect example of how being in the EU is good for Britain and helps us to lead in the global fight against climate change.” Davies said about the news.
A report on developing and applying CCS technology in Europe was passed by the European Parliament in January this year, for which Chris Davies was the rapporteur.
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.