Carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects backed by Cadent, Equinor and SSE were amongst 20 shortlisted on Friday (12 August) for government financial backing in the next stage of its drive to establish net zero industrial clusters. The projects selected by Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) are all part of the East Coast and HyNet North West schemes, which were designated earlier this year as the first two industrial clusters in the UK in line to receive funding for the construction of CCS infrastructure.