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16 April 2021 9:49 GMT Updated  16 April 2021 9:49 GMT in  London Anglo-Dutch giant Shell and Harbour Energy have clinched an agreement to become partners in the Acorn carbon capture and storage (CCS) project in Scotland, UK. The two companies have joined project proponent Storegga — via the latter's wholly owned subsidiary Pale Blue Dot Energy — to become equal partners in a scheme that will capture carbon dioxide from industrial facilities in the St Fergus area and elsewhere and pipe it to storage reservoirs in the North Sea, for which a licence is already held. The develo...

Major blueprint to create green jobs and slash emissions from industry, schools and hospitals An ambitious blueprint to deliver the world’s first low-carbon industrial sector and over £1 billion to cut emissions from industry, schools and hospitals has been announced by the Business and Energy Secretary. From: 17 March 2021 Over £1 billion allocated to drive down emissions from industry and public buildings like schools, hospitals and council buildings new Industrial Decarbonisation Strategy sets vision for world’s first low carbon industrial sector, slashing emissions by two-thirds...

Industrial Decarbonisation Strategy: Government sets out vision for decarbonising heavy industry CCS and hydrogen facility planned at Saltend Chemicals Park in the Humber is among the projects to secure funding | Credit: px Group Strategy to set out a number of new targets for the decarbonisation of industry, as government confirms details of nine projects to be awarded funding through Industrial Decarbonisation Challenge - but opposition warns plans lack necessary ambition The government has unveiled a package of new climate promises and funding announcements designed to catalyse the decarbo...

The UK government has handed out £171 million ($237 million) to kick-start a series of projects that aim to decarbonise large swathes of industry using technologies to produce clean-burning hydrogen and to capture carbon dioxide as part of a new “green revolution”. The funding is part of wider government plans announced on Wednesday to invest nearly £1 billion to cut emissions from industry, schools and hospitals, create thousands of jobs and meet climate targets. The government said in a statement it hopes the funding will create and support up to 80,000 jobs over the next 30 years and...

Aberdeenshire to drive forward green industrial revolution A new project to provide safe carbon storage capacity in the North Sea, off Aberdeenshire, will benefit from £31 million of UK Government funding. From: 17 March 2021 £31 million UK Government funding for world-class, safe carbon storage in rock deep below the North Sea Project could cut emissions and support a greener economy across North East Scotland, creating tens of thousands of new jobs Funding part of a wider package of UK Government measures to put the UK at the forefront of the global green industrial revolution. An amb...