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THIRD TIME LUCKY

IGEM echoes MPs’ demands for government to “make a decarbonisation, rather than as an extra
commitment on CCUS now” following carbon capture report cost on power generation.
“We support the view that the
government should commit to supporting
GEM has welcomed the latest report said, as MPs urged ministers to set CCUS where and while it remains the
from the Business, Energy and a clear direction for the technology, cheapest route to decarbonisation,
Industrial Strategy Select Committee, which is necessary to meet both notably in industrial applications.”
which states that UK cannot “credibly” national and international climate The committee’s report said there
I reduce greenhouse gas emissions to change targets. was a lack of clarity surrounding the
net zero without the widespread use of IGEM’s Head of Technical Services government’s ambitions for CCUS
carbon capture technology. & Policy Ian McCluskey reiterated the technologies, which aim to capture
The report, Carbon capture usage need for the government to show it is waste CO₂ from industries before either
and storage (CCUS): third time lucky?, serious about CCUS. He said: “As we storing the gas or finding secondary
concluded that government support try to find solutions to decarbonise uses for it.
for the fledgling industry has been our energy system in order to meet It highlighted past decisions from the
“turbulent”. our climate change targets, we government to cancel two major carbon
Current policies on carbon capture should encourage the government capture development competitions
are “so broad as to be meaningless” it to view CCUS primarily as a tool for at late stages, which it said had

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