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New legal drivers for carbon capture and storage

ENDS Europe
Friday 19 December 2008

Carbon capture and storage technology (CCS) will not be mandatory for fossil fuel power plants in the EU but will be promoted by treating stored emissions as though they were "not emitted" in the European carbon trading scheme (ETS). CCS plant operators will therefore avoid the cost of buying carbon allowances.

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