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Government unveils CCUS project shortlist to help decarbonise industrial clusters
…will enable CCUS technology to be deployed at key industrial sites across the country. The UK is aiming to fit CCUS technology at two clusters by the mid-2020s, with deployment…

Government reveals next two locations for CCUS clusters
…and selecting the next two CCUS clusters, as time is running out to meet 2030 targets.” Last year, the Government committed to deploying CCUS in two industrial clusters— the HyNet…

Fresh £32m in UK Government funding for innovations reducing heavy industry’s fossil fuel reliance
…clusters across Europe, Asia and North America have joined its Transforming Industrial Clusters Towards Net-Zero initiative. Also supporting the initiative are Accenture and EPRI. The initiative is striving to convene…

World Economic Forum: 7 environmental take-aways from this year’s Davos conference
…the Netherlands, Texas and Ohio joined the WEF’s Transitioning Industrial Clusters towards Net Zero initiative. The aim of the initiative is to support industrial clusters in designing and delivering a…

Resiliency, decarbonisation and regeneration: What were the key climate themes at Davos 2023?
…and North America have joined its Transforming Industrial Clusters Towards Net-Zero initiative. The initiative is striving to convene 100 industrial clusters to secure commitments to net-zero by mid-century and to…

‘Measures miss the mark’: Green groups react to Chancellor’s Spring Budget
…has some unique advantages, like the co-location of potential CO2 stores close to the main industrial clusters, but an average spend of £1bn a year won’t be enough to hit…

Saudi business giant eyes £1bn sustainable aviation fuel plant to kickstart UK green investment drive
…by 2040. This has spurred a race between clusters in the North West, Teesside, Humberside, Grangemouth, South Wales and Southampton to become the first to do so. The Humberside and…

Report: Global carbon capture tech capacity must scale 120-fold by 2050
…next phase of its CCUS programme. The UK is aiming to fit CCUS technology at two clusters by the mid-2020s, with deployment to take place at two additional clusters by…

Egypt launches new initiative for nations to collaborate on sustainable food systems transformation
…to develop guidelines and other resources. They will also set up specific ‘clusters’ based on member interests; for example, clusters dedicated to a particular crop or region. The third and…

Five climate communications lessons we can learn from Davos 2023
…initiative launches. There were, however, plenty about existing initiatives being consolidated, streamlined or scaling up. The Transforming Industrial Clusters Towards Net-Zero initiative announced nine new members, adding to its founding…

Scottish wind turbine recycling and Nissan’s EV pledge: The sustainability success stories of the week
…in the sector this decade. Now, B4P has launched a new network of innovation clusters, designed to streamline R&D work regarding sustainable solutions for the sector and to enable knowledge…

enfinium: UK’s first ‘Train to Zero’ carbon capture rail link
…spurred a race between clusters in the North West, Teesside, Humberside, Grangemouth, South Wales and Southampton to become the first to do so. Energy giants and businesses operating in Teesside…

Breakthrough Agenda: Nations covering half of global emissions make cleantech affordability push at COP27
…industrial plants or clusters operating at net-zero emissions, as well as at least 100 hydrogen valleys. Hydrogen valleys are areas where multiple hydrogen projects operate in a ‘cluster’, with production…

Accelerating the net-zero transition is essential to ‘Levelling Up’ the UK
…2028. The decarbonisation of heavy industries such as steel, chemicals and cement can also bring much needed low carbon investment, upskilling opportunities and jobs in industrial clusters like Merseyside, Teesside,…

Levelling Up White Paper: Government accused of ‘sidelining’ net-zero in new plans for regional economies
…deliver these goals in practice. “Growing investment in renewable energy, building insulation, EVs, public transport and low-carbon industrial clusters holds the key to creating jobs, improving productivity, driving private investment…

SSE sets 1.5C emissions targets on road to net-zero, but ups profit forecasts due to gas
…five carbon capture and storage (CCS) and hydrogen clusters by 2040, and to reach net-zero by 2050. Previously, it was working to 2030 targets verified in line with a “well-below”…

Two new ‘green’ freeports to be created in Scotland, but likely benefits scrutinised
…They will also need to explain how freeport status would help “build internationally competitive clusters of manufacturing excellence in technologies that will deliver net-zero benefits”, thus creating green jobs. In…

From renewables to fossil fuels: Everything you need to know about the UK’s Energy Security Strategy
…This is unlikely to include accelerated delivery commitments, beyond the four clusters promised by 2030. Instead, it will outline the timelines for cluster delivery and the results of inquiries about…

Uniper partners with Shell for blue hydrogen production in Lincolnshire
…net-zero industrial clusters in the UK. Uniper estimates that Humber Hub Blue would capture around 1.6 million metric tonnes of carbon annually. This forecast is down from the 2 million…

Report: Oil majors over-reliant on ‘risky, expensive and unproven’ tech plus offsetting to cut climate impact
…annual emissions. Companies covered in the Carbon Tracker report with CCS investment plans for their own operations include Occidental and ConocoPhillips. Eni is also investing in CCS at industrial clusters…