Key shareholder blames cuts in renewable energy subsidies for decision to abandon White Rose CCS
An ambitious plan to build a £1bn prototype plant to capture carbon from a coal-fired power station in North Yorkshire is under threat after a key shareholder pulled out.
Drax, owner of the country’s biggest single power station, blamed cuts in renewable energy subsidies by ministers for the decision to abandon the White Rose carbon capture and storage (CCS) scheme, triggering a claim that the government energy strategy is “unravelling”.
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Ministers must come clean on whether they are abandoning all efforts to secure investment in clean energy in this country.
Nuclear power station delayed, new onshore wind farms blocked, solar support slashed by 90% & now govt’s CCS strategy unravelling too.
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