Emissions reduction projects, technologies and carbon capture usage and storage (CCUS)

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This Overview signposts key materials on emissions reduction projects, technologies and carbon capture, usage and storage (CCUS), with links to legislation and regulatory guidance. Emissions reduction is central to the UK’s decarbonisation pathway under the Climate Change Act 2008 and the UK Emissions Trading Scheme, and CCUS is a priority for hard‑to‑abate sectors and low‑carbon power.

Practitioners must navigate regimes. The Energy Act 2023 establishes economic licensing for CO2 transport and storage networks (with Ofgem as regulator), revenue models and special administration. Geological storage offshore is licensed under the Energy Act 2008 and implementing regulations, with the North Sea Transition Authority responsible for storage licensing and consenting interfaces offshore alongside environmental regulators. Monitoring, reporting and verification, leakage remedies and long‑term liability transfer are core issues.

Project development raises planning and consenting (including Development Consent Orders for nationally significant infrastructure), licensing, pipeline wayleaves and access, health and safety, and decommissioning. Contractually, capture plant owners, emitters and transport and storage operators require risk allocation on performance, availability, metering, carbon accounting, credit support and step‑in. Subsidy control, procurement and competition law considerations...

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