CCUS - Government Continues to Dither

I was involved, in a small way, in one of the competition bids for Government funding for a CCS demonstration project. Our bid may not have been the strongest but it soon became clear that there was little willingness on behalf of Government or the Civil Service to help any project manage the convoluted rules and requirements of the competition. In the end the government, much to their shame, pulled the competition. One has to hope that all the money and effort that went into preparing the various bids will not have been wasted. Somehow I think that won't be the case.

Here we are, 4 years later and nothing has moved on the CCS front. The BEIS committee's new report is unequivocal about the role that CCUS has to play in decarbonising the UK. Will Government act? Don't hold your breath.