Global CCS Institute CEO appointed to UK CCUS Council
Published by Harleigh Hobbs,
Editor
World Coal,
The Global CCS Institute’s CEO Brad Page has been appointed to the newly formed UK CCUS Council. The institute has congratulated the UK government on its recognition of the need to support carbon capture utilisation and storage (CCUS) to meet Paris Climate Change targets.
The Global CCS Institute believes the council, which met for the first time in London on 29 January, is a clear demonstration of the UK government’s commitment to a new CCUS approach as outlined in the recently released Clean Growth Strategy (the Strategy).
Led by Minister of State for Energy and Clean Growth, the Rt Hon Claire Perry MP, the council will work with a select group of industry representatives to review the progress and priorities of the Strategy in relation to CCUS. Through the CCUS Council, the UK government will also monitor costs and deployment potential with the option of revising the CCUS deployment path to meet changing political and policy approaches.
Page said he was honoured to be invited to join the council, and he believed the Institute, as the world authority on carbon capture and storage (CCS), was well placed to use its large member influence and internal expertise to make this clean technology a central driver in reducing global CO2 emissions.
“I congratulate Minister Perry and the UK government for their ambitious support for CCUS. It is a proven, versatile, and commercially robust climate mitigation technology, which is starting to gain notoriety as the only technology capable of decarbonising industry. At the same time, it is a catalyst for a new energy economy including hydrogen, bio-energy and CO2 re-use applications.”
“CCUS represents a new energy direction, which can deliver jobs, energy security and new economies the likes of which have never been seen before. Commitment, investment and multi-party collaboration are crucial to creating this fundamental step-change.”
“I look forward to working with Minister Perry, other UK government representatives and industry leaders on the key strategic issues that will bring CCUS to the forefront of the climate change debate.”
CCS and CCUS is now commercially successful across 17 large-scale global facilities with a raft of other facilities in development.
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