CCS Network ‘Could Deliver £160bn to UK Economy’ An East Coast carbon capture and storage (CCS) network could boost the UK economy by around £160 billion between now and 2060. That's the findings of a new report, which adds the benefits of a large-scale CCS scheme could outweigh costs by as much as £129 billion... European Oil Companies Plan Major Carbon Capture Project in Norway Norway's Statoil, France's Total and Anglo-Dutch oil company Royal Dutch Shell have struck a deal to develop equipment and facilities that will store carbon dioxide emanating from industrial sites in Norway... Launching Standards for CO2 Capture and Storage New international standards for storage and transport of carbon dioxide will be presented at a seminar at the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) in Stavanger on 1 November... Half of Brits Back Coal with Carbon Capture Technology Around 50% of the public would back the construction of coal and gas plants with carbon capture technology... International Partnership Focusses on EOR and CCS University of Calgary and Norwegian University of Science and Technology team up on energy research and graduate student training... Westminster Must ‘Get On Board’ With Carbon Capture, Scottish Energy Minister Says Scottish Energy Minister Paul Wheelhouse has told Holyrood the UK Government must set up a clear framework for renewable energy.The minister was asked by Banff and Buchan Coast MSP, Stewart Stevenson, about the Acorn carbon capture and storage (CCS) feasibility study at St Fergus and how best this could be taken forward... Test for Safe CO2 Storage to Aid World-Leading Technology Project A new method that inexpensively monitors the safe storage of industrial greenhouse gas emissions is to be used by a leading research project... Support Domestic Development of CCS, UK Government Urged Scottish Carbon Capture & Storage (SCCS) research group pens open letter to climate change minister Claire Perry ahead of forthcoming Clean Growth Plan... UK Consortium Launches Feasibility Study for New CCS Method A study has been launched in the UK to look into a new method for carbon capture and storage (CCS)... Carbon Capture and Storage: Norway Still Top Of The Class Norway’s energy giant Statoil is developing a project to store imported industrial CO2 emissions under the sea. Companies in the UK would like to benefit from the technology. EURACTIV’s partner Journal de l’Environnement reports... All News