As UK industry continues its commitment to reducing carbon emissions, the Government has launched a new consultation that seeks to advance private investment to accelerate development of biomass energy generation with associated carbon capture.
Launched today, 11th August, the consultation will also explore the potential to use bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) to boost the country’s energy security and create new job opportunities.
Still considered a nascent technology, BECCS works by generating energy from biomass, sustainable plant material, while storing the released carbon through carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology.
CO2 is often permanently and safely sequestered underground in geological formations, though industry is also working to store the greenhouse gas in other ways, such as locking it within ‘green’ graphene and cement.
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