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24 Oct 2018

EU fails with commercial deployment of carbon capture – EU auditors

EurActiv / European Court of Auditors

EU-funded carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects have failed in the past largely because of a lack of coordination and long-term strategies that scared away investors, according to a report by the European Court of Auditors, reports Sam Morgan for EurActiv. The EU needs to adapt its new Innovation Fund to reach its objectives, write the auditors in a press release.

Read the article in English here, the press release in English here and find the report in English here.

For background, read the CLEW articles Call for open debate on CCU and CCS to save industry emissions and Norway bets on gas and CCS to complement Europe’s energy transition.

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