The UK’s largest carbon capture project to date, removing 40,000 tonnes of CO2 from the atmosphere each year, could be up and running by as soon as 2021 thanks to government backing.
Nine companies have secured £26m ($33m) of government funding, in addition to industry backing, to advance the rollout of carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) in the UK – a crucial step towards the UK’s net zero emissions and the end of the UK’s contribution to global warming.
Tata Chemical Europe’s plant in Winnington, Cheshire is the UK’s only manufacturer of soda ash and sodium bicarbonate and has been awarded £4.2m ($5.3m) towards the construction of a facility to capture and utilise 40,000 tonnes of CO2 a year – the equivalent of 22,000 cars.
When fully operational in 2021 it will be the largest carbon capture plant in the UK, removing 100 times more CO2 from the atmosphere than the country’s current largest facility.
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