EU money for Carbon Capture and Storage welcomed by local MEP
Posted, December 18, 2009 @ 00:00
Hatfield to get €180 million
Brussels, 9th December 2009 -- The European Union has today approved a €180 million contribution towards a massive carbon capture project near Doncaster, which will substantially reduce Britain's CO2 emissions and create thousands of green jobs in the region, Timothy Kirkhope, Conservative leader in Brussels and Yorkshire and the Humber MEP, said today.
A network of pipes will carry CO2 from the power station out into depleted gas fields of the North Sea, allowing major polluters in the region to bury their carbon. It is predicted that the scheme could cut the UK's carbon emissions by up to 10 percent, whilst creating 50,000 new jobs.
Mr Kirkhope said:
"The economic crisis has given us an opportunity to create new green jobs and a more environmentally-friendly economy. This project shows how going green will be beneficial to the region's economy, and this CCS facility will create thousands of jobs and secure our energy supplies for years to come.
"The funding announced for Yorkshire is part of a billion Euros that the EU has made available for CCS technology around the EU. This technology represents the future for energy generation and we must make CCS a commercially viable way of decarbonising our economy.
"I am particularly pleased that Yorkshire will lead the way where I hope other regions will follow."