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22 March 2006

Carbon capture and storage: A consultation on barriers to commercial deployment

Carbon capture and storage (CCS) has attracted recent attention, including from the scientific community and the media, as having the potential to make an important contribution to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and energy security.  The concept involves the capture of carbon dioxide (CO2), the main greenhouse gas, from eg power generators and its transport to and long-term storage in geological formations

This consultation document invites answers to questions that aim to establish the extent to which there are barriers to commercial deployment of CCS and whether and how these could be addressed.  Specifically, the consultation aims to build understanding on: the current state and future development of CCS technologies and the likely costs attached to deploying them commercially; the potential CO2 savings available from CCS; the barriers which currently exist to further development and commercial deployment; and whether there is a case for Government intervention and if so the forms this might take. 

The closing date for responses is 11 May 2006.

"Carbon capture and storage: A consultation on barriers to commercial deployment" is available below in Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format (PDF). If you do not have Adobe Acrobat installed on your computer you can download the software free of charge from the Adobe website. For alternative ways to read PDF documents and further information on website accessibility visit the HM Treasury accessibility page .

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