United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 75798
Carbon Capture and Storage: North Sea
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1 November 2022
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9 November 2022 · Answer
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Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of developing carbon capture storage facilities in the North Sea.
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1 November 2022
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of developing carbon capture storage facilities in the North Sea.
Source: Commons
9 November 2022
Answer
The UK has one of the largest offshore carbon dioxide storage potential of any country in the world. It is estimated that the UK Continental Shelf could safely store 78 billion tonnes of CO₂[1], the equivalent of 200 years of the UK’s annual CO₂ emissions...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-11-01/75798
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1538026
- uk · wq-1538026 · source updated 9 November 2022