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The European Union (EU) “must integrate” Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) into the 2030 climate and energy framework, according to Scottish Carbon Capture and Storage (SCCS).
SCCS has advised the EU that “quantifiable milestones” for CCS are included in the 2030 climate and energy policy.
The European Commission’s proposals for 2030 recognised the role CCS must play in order for the EU to cost-effectively decarbonise, but failed to include specific policy incentives or any indication of the level of CCS deployment required.
Professor Stuart Haszeldine, SCCS director and professor of CCS at the University of Edinburgh, said: “Europe has gone from a leader to a laggard on CCS in the space of seven years.
“Other countries are moving ahead with projects while Europe’s early good intentions haven’t been backed by policies and incentives that can actually deliver in the real world.
“Our analysis continues to find that the CO2 storage opportunity in the North Sea presents the ideal starting point for a more strategic European approach.
“By combining investments in CO2 infrastructure and low-cost, high-value CO2 capture, we can rapidly accelerate progress.
“But without EU-level policies and incentives there is no financial case for investment.
“The EU must address this yawning gap during 2014 or risk making its 2030 framework irrelevant”.
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