The UK Government has today announced £139m to cut emissions in heavy industry by supporting the transition from natural gas to clean hydrogen power and scaling up carbon capture and storage technologies.
According to the UK Government, the scale up of such carbon technologies can stop over 90% of emissions being released from industrial plants into the air by storing carbon permanently underground.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said he hopes the funding boost announced today will help drive decarbonisation and drive economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic.
“We’ve made great strides towards our net zero target over the last year, but it’s more important than ever that we keep up the pace of change to fuel a green, sustainable recovery as we rebuild from the pandemic,” said Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
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