UK misses out on carbon capture cash

The FT reported that the United Kingdom's efforts to develop cutting edge carbon capture technology have suffered a fresh blow as the European Commission ruled out in November 2012 funding several UK projects because London failed to say how much co-financing money it would spend on them.

The move was called 'devastating' by Chris Davies, the Liberal Democrat MEP who had been a long time campaigner for the technology, which captures and stores carbon emissions from industrial plants.

ESO: Background information: Excellent response to EU funding call for CCS and innovative renewables http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-excellent-response-to-eu-funding-call-for-ccs-and-innovative-renewables/

http://ec.europa.eu/clima/policies/lowcarbon/ccs/index_en.htm http://ec.europa.eu/clima/policies/lowcarbon/ccs/index_en.htm

European Commission: DG Climate Action: Policies: Low Carbon Technologies: NER300 http://ec.europa.eu/clima/policies/lowcarbon/ner300/index_en.htm

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