{"id":92210,"date":"2018-05-23T10:49:59","date_gmt":"2018-05-23T10:49:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=4c99cfb3e0d061bb5ec312cf799784c9"},"modified":"2018-05-23T10:49:59","modified_gmt":"2018-05-23T10:49:59","slug":"press-release-uk-to-lead-global-challenge-to-clean-up-carbon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=92210","title":{"rendered":"Press release: UK to lead global challenge to clean up carbon"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<ul>\n<li>UK to lead global challenge to reduce the cost of innovative new carbon capture technology<\/li>\n<li>UK strategy to reduce costs and capture global export opportunities<\/li>\n<li>\u00a321.5 million of UK funding for ground-breaking projects to capture <abbr title=\"carbon dioxide\">CO2<\/abbr> emissions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Energy Minister Claire Perry has today (Wednesday 23 May) announced the UK is to lead an international challenge with Saudi Arabia and Mexico to remove carbon from emissions. It will be a unique opportunity to enable an up and coming technology to scale up by working together with other countries.<\/p>\n<p>It is one of 7 Mission Innovation challenges announced in 2015 at <abbr title=\"21st Conference of the Parties\">COP21<\/abbr> with the UK setting out \u00a321.5 million of funding for innovative new Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage (<abbr title=\"carbon capture, utilisation and storage\">CCUS<\/abbr>) technologies.<\/p>\n<p>The aim of the funding is to invest in innovation that could reduce the cost of the technology by supporting its development so that <abbr title=\"carbon capture, utilisation and storage\">CCUS<\/abbr> can become commercially viable at scale.<\/p>\n<p><abbr title=\"carbon capture, utilisation and storage\">CCUS<\/abbr> is where carbon from power stations or industry is captured then either used for industrial applications or transported to be stored safely underground, reducing pollution from the air we breathe.<\/p>\n<p>While there are currently 22 plants in operation or construction, the UK has the opportunity to become a world leader in this field.<\/p>\n<p>There is a global consensus that carbon capture will be critical in meeting the aims of the Paris Agreement and supporting clean growth. This technology can capture carbon dioxide emissions from industry or power generation as well as support low carbon hydrogen production.<\/p>\n<p>Energy and Clean Growth Minister, Claire Perry said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"last-child\">My ambition is for the UK to become a global technology leader in carbon capture, working with international partners to reduce its costs. As the UK has led the debate globally on tackling climate change and pioneering clean growth, we are leading this global challenge with an initial \u00a321.5 million investment in <abbr title=\"carbon capture, utilisation and storage\">CCUS<\/abbr> innovation &#8211; a key part of our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/industrial-strategy-building-a-britain-fit-for-the-future\">modern Industrial Strategy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>UK companies are already involved in some of the most innovative <abbr title=\"carbon capture, utilisation and storage\">CCUS<\/abbr> projects internationally, and just this week a ground-breaking negative emissions <a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.drax.com\/press_release\/drax-to-pilot-europes-first-carbon-capture-storage-project-beccs\/\">bio-energy project at Drax Power Station in Yorkshire was launched<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/clean-growth-strategy\">Clean Growth Strategy<\/a> sets out the new Government approach to <abbr title=\"carbon capture, utilisation and storage\">CCUS<\/abbr> in the UK, highlighting the important role of innovation in supporting cost reduction. Government has committed to spend up to \u00a3162 million to improve <abbr title=\"carbon capture, utilisation and storage\">CCUS<\/abbr> and industrial energy efficiency.<\/p>\n<p>As well as the potential to help us reduce our emissions in industries through the manufacture of concrete, chemicals, steel, there are also opportunities to maximise economic opportunities for the UK through new technologies and the supply chain.<\/p>\n<p>Government is working with industry to adopt <abbr title=\"carbon capture, utilisation and storage\">CCUS<\/abbr> in the UK by reducing its costs and capturing the export opportunities, and a <abbr title=\"carbon capture, utilisation and storage\">CCUS<\/abbr> Cost Challenge Taskforce will report to government in July this year. Energy Minister Claire Perry will host an international <abbr title=\"carbon capture, utilisation and storage\">CCUS<\/abbr> summit with the International Energy Agency, in Edinburgh later this year.<\/p>\n<p>The UK\u2019s modern Industrial Strategy is a long-term plan to build a Britain fit for the future through a stronger, fairer economy. Through this we will help businesses to create better, higher-paying jobs &#8211; setting a path for Britain to lead in the high-tech, highly-skilled industries of the future.<\/p>\n<p>As part of this, the modern Industrial Strategy sets out 4 Grand Challenges, including Clean Growth &#8211; Ensuring the UK is at the forefront of innovation and maximising the advantages for UK industry in the global shift to clean growth.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"notes-to-editors\">Notes to editors<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>The <a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/mission-innovation.net\/our-work\/innovation-challenges\/carbon-capture-challenge\/\">Carbon Capture Challenge<\/a> is one of 7 Mission Innovation challenges announced in 2015 at <abbr title=\"21st Conference of the Parties\">COP21<\/abbr>. The Carbon Capture Challenge is focused on addressing the innovation challenges <abbr title=\"carbon capture, utilisation and storage\">CCUS<\/abbr> presents, for example enhancing innovation for carbon capture technologies to reduce the cost of the technology and support the technology\u2019s development.<\/li>\n<li>A call for <abbr title=\"carbon capture, utilisation and storage\">CCUS<\/abbr> innovation will offer \u00a315 million of grant funding for projects up to 28 months and will be available to 31 March 2021. <abbr title=\"Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy\">BEIS<\/abbr> will consider grants of up to \u00a35 million for a single project. Both projects that are UK-led or that involve collaboration with an international partner will be considered.<\/li>\n<li>\n<abbr title=\"Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy\">BEIS<\/abbr> and UKRI has committed \u00a36.5 million to the <a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.act-ccs.eu\/\">2nd call of the Accelerating Carbon Technologies (ACT) Research Programme<\/a>. This research and development programme is made up of 10 European countries (5 of which are involved in the <abbr title=\"carbon capture, utilisation and storage\">CCUS<\/abbr> Mission Innovation Challenge \u2013 Norway, The Netherlands, Germany, France and UK). The overall grant available from all the countries involved amounts to approximately \u20ac25 million.<\/li>\n<li>Further information is available on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/guidance\/funding-for-low-carbon-industry\">how to apply for funding and about the programmes<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a321.5 million of UK funding for ground-breaking projects to capture CO2 emissions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92210"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=92210"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92210\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=92210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=92210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=92210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}