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Scottish CO2 Hub – A unique opportunity for the UK

25 Jan 2016

This is the message of a report published today by Scottish Carbon Capture & Storage (SCCS) outlining a concept proposal to re-energise the deployment of CCS in the UK and Europe. The hub would serve as a central collection point for CO2 emissions from different sources across Europe, from where the greenhouse gas would be transported for permanent storage in rocks deep beneath the North Sea.

By starting with a modest industrial and power CCS cluster in Central Scotland that can make use of existing pipelines and offshore infrastructure to establish CO2 storage in the Central North Sea quickly and affordably, the study indicates how this could develop into a new large-scale industry for the UK while helping solve Europe’s CO2 storage challenge.