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Carbon Sequestration

Answer

The Government's policy on carbon, capture and storage was most recently set out in the Energy White Paper, 2007 and the "Carbon Abatement Technology (CAT) Strategy for Fossil Fuel Use in the UK", 2005. These policies were underpinned by a number of studies and reports, some specifically commissioned by the Government such as:"Review on Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage (CCS), 2003:""http://www.berr.gov.uk/files/file21887.pdf""The Role of Fossil Fuel Carbon Abatement Technologies in a Low Carbon Energy System—A Report on Analysis Undertaken to Advise on DTI's CAT Strategy, 2005:""http://www.berr.gov.uk/files/file19834.pdf""Industrial Carbon Dioxide Emissions and Carbon Dioxide Storage Potential in the UK, 2006:""http://www.berr.gov.uk/files/file35684.pdf."The Government also take account of the work of others such as the:"IEA Energy Technologies Perspectives http://www.iea.org/Textbase/techno/etp/index.asp""European Technology Platform for Zero Emission Fossil Fuel Plans—CO2 Capture and Storage (CCS) Matrix of Technologies""Advanced Power Generation Technology Forum"Most recently, the Advisory Committee on Carbon Abatement Technologies (ACCAT) has set out its views on how Government should review their CAT Strategy in its advisory document on "Accelerating the Deployment of Carbon Abatement Technologies with special focus on Carbon Capture and Storage, 2009":"http://www.berr.gov.uk/files/file50028.pdf."The Government will be taking this into account as they develop their future policies on CCS.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

490 c168-9W; 264695

Session

2008-09

Subjects

Carbon capture and storage

Link

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