The the UK Department of Business, Environment and Regulatory Affairs (BERR) announces a competition for companies to build a full scale carbon capture and storage (CCS) facility in the UK. The project is to be funded by UK taxpayers under as long as there is a demonstration that long term capture of carbon dioxide is successful on a commercial scale.

CCS has been touted as the savior technology for the fossil fuel powered electricity generation industry. It is estimated that 90% of CO2 emissions may potentially be captured with CCS technology, accounting for 28% of global emissions by 2050. The CCS demonstration will be used in conjunction with one coal fired electricity generation plant. A winner of the competition is expected to be announced in mid 2007.

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