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Carbon capture and storage

Published on: 29 September 2016

Table of contents

  • Original News
  • What could this report mean for environment lawyers and their clients on a practical level? Is there anything they should be doing as a result of this report?
  • The report suggests that the UK can cut the costs of tackling climate change using carbon capture and storage (CCS) under the North Sea. What are the findings?
  • Is CCS a plausible method for tackling climate change? Is current technology fit for purpose?
  • The report also proposes the creation of a heat transformation group (HTG) to assess the options for decarbonising the UK’s heating systems. How would the HTG operate? What would be some of their objectives?

Article summary

Environment analysis: Marc Fèvre, partner at Baker & McKenzie, specialises in project development, financing and secondary market transactions in the energy and infrastructure sectors, assisted by Adam Sassenhagen, give a comment on a new report on carbon capture and storage produces a summary of some of the issues arising from the report below.

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