{"id":33220,"date":"2015-10-06T09:24:00","date_gmt":"2015-10-06T09:24:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2020-07-30T14:52:26","modified_gmt":"2020-07-30T14:52:26","slug":"8220-carbon-capture-a-distant-prospect-as-uk-utility-ducks-out-of-major-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/climate\/8220-carbon-capture-a-distant-prospect-as-uk-utility-ducks-out-of-major-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Carbon capture a distant prospect as UK utility ducks out of major project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- [if gte mso 9]><xml>\n\n  Normal\n  0\n\n  false\n  false\n  false\n\n  EN-GB\n  JA\n  X-NONE\n\n<\/xml><![endif]--><!-- [if gte mso 9]><![endif]--><!-- [if gte mso 10]>\n\n\n\n<style>\n \/* Style Definitions *\/\ntable.MsoNormalTable\n\t{mso-style-name:\"Table Normal\";\n\tmso-style-parent:\"\";\n\tline-height:115%;\n\tfont-size:11.0pt;\n\tcolor:black;}\n<\/style>\n\n\n\n<![endif]--><\/p>\n<p>Late last month, Drax, a UK power generator, announced it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2015\/sep\/25\/carbon-capture-scheme-threat-drax-pulls-out-white-rose\">would not invest<\/a> in the construction of a much-touted carbon capture and storage project being planned at its Yorkshire site. This latest setback, prompted mainly by a cut in government subsidies, casts further doubt on the feasibility of the technology as a means to cut carbon-dioxide emissions, as the process is only economic when it is combined with oil extraction.<\/p>\n<p>Carbon capture and storage (CCS) had been lauded by the coal and power industries as having potential to deliver big cuts in \u2018business-as-usual\u2019 carbon emissions and as a tool to help keep global temperature increases to less than 2C. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iea.org\/topics\/ccs\/\">International Energy Agency<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ipcc.ch\/pdf\/special-reports\/srccs\/srccs_wholereport.pdf\">Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/web.worldbank.org\/WBSITE\/EXTERNAL\/TOPICS\/EXTENERGY2\/0,,contentMDK:23000297~pagePK:210058~piPK:210062~theSitePK:4114200,00.html\">World Bank<\/a> have all highlighted the urgent need for CCS, as have numerous research and academic bodies.<\/p>\n<p>Some, such as the IEA, have said that thousands of power plants and industrial facilities such as cement plants <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iea.org\/publications\/freepublications\/publication\/technology-roadmap-ccs-in-industrial-applications---foldout.html\">would need to be operational<\/a> by mid-century to give the world a fighting chance of avoiding climate change.<\/p>\n<p>But huge costs, and technological challenges, suggest that no more than a handful of projects will be developed in the coming decade, hindering a longer term roll-out. This could mean that the technology only makes a miniscule contribution to the huge cuts GHG emissions that scientists say are required by 2050.<\/p>\n<p>CCS involves collecting carbon-dioxide gas (CO2) and transporting it to underground reservoirs, such as depleted oil and gas wells, where it can be stored safely and permanently. Elements of the technology have been used for many years as a way to boost recovery of oil from existing wells.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalccsinstitute.com\/projects\/large-scale-ccs-projects\">Global CCS Institute<\/a> (GCCSI) has identified 11 large-scale projects for enhanced oil recovery (EOR) currently in operation worldwide that store more than 26 million tons a year of CO2. EOR projects that plan to store another 18 million tons a year are planned to come online by 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Allan Baker, global head of power at Societe Generale in London, says CCS has run up against many of the early challenges that hindered offshore wind.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile carbon capture technology isn\u2019t new, a combination of technologies on this scale need to be demonstrated to build confidence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Because many power plants round the world wouldn\u2019t be hooked up to a network that could squeeze oil out of old wells for CCS to make a big difference the costs of emitting will need to rise sharply and the expense of the technology would also need to fall far from current levels. And even if they were, there is no guarantee that these projects would be economic, given volatility in oil prices.<\/p>\n<p>Only two \u2018pure\u2019 storage projects (i.e schemes that don\u2019t use EOR), both located on gas production platforms in Norway\u2019s North Sea, are presently operational.<\/p>\n<p>The capture of CO2 from coal- or gas-fired power plants is a newer technique and more complicated than the current projects in the North Sea. While transport and storage of CO2 has been proven, capture technology is relatively untested. Although companies have developed a range of ways to trap the gas, both before and after fuel is burnt, their technology has yet to be proven on a large scale.<\/p>\n<p>Two European countries are supporting efforts to develop commercial CCS projects at power plants. In the <u>UK,<\/u> before Drax\u2019s withdrawal, two projects had been seeking to win government funding for commercial demonstration plants, while in the <a href=\"https:\/\/road2020.nl\/en\/\">Netherlands<\/a>. EON and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.engie.com\/en\/commitments\/reasearch-innovation\/co2-capture-storage\/\">Engie Energy<\/a> are looking to build a CCS unit at a power station in Rotterdam. The UK and Dutch projects expect to receive final investment decisions early in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>In North America the deployment of CCS at power plants has reached a more mature stage than in Europe, but these benefit from the revenues flowing from EOR. Canadian utility SaskPower started capturing CO2 from its Boulder Dam coal-fired power station last year, while in Mississippi, Southern Co. is constructing a capture unit at its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mississippipower.com\/about-energy\/plants\/kemper-county-energy-facility\/home.cshtml\">Kemper County<\/a> power plant.<\/p>\n<h2>Potential?<\/h2>\n<p>In developing countries, the economics of power generation underline the need for CCS in the views of many analysts. India and the Philippines are among those in pursuing the cheapest forms of large-scale power, which is most often produced by coal or gas and could be \u2018locked in\u2019 for up to 50 years.<\/p>\n<p>While developed countries are deploying renewable and other low-carbon sources of energy at an increasing pace, emerging nations and the least-developed countries do not have the economic resources to acquire or develop advanced technologies such as solar photovoltaic and wind power at the scale required to replace fossil-fuel use.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldbank.org\/content\/dam\/Worldbank\/document\/Climate\/dd\/decarbonizing-development-report.pdf\">World Bank<\/a> has pointed out that if the world is to achieve a goal of zero net emissions by 2100, carbon capture and storage will have to be widely used to prevent the cost of reducing emissions from doubling.<\/p>\n<p>Nonetheless, the cost of CCS is already extremely high.<\/p>\n<p>Expressed in terms of the cost of reducing carbon dioxide emissions, CCS and coal can achieve reductions at between $48-109\/mt, according to the GCCSI in a <a href=\"https:\/\/hub.globalccsinstitute.com\/sites\/default\/files\/publications\/195008\/costs-ccs-other-low-carbon-technologies-united-states-2015-update.pdf\">July 2015 report<\/a>, which suggests that current carbon allowance prices in the European market would need to increase by a factor of at least six before CCS can be considered competitive.<\/p>\n<h2>Slow progress<\/h2>\n<p>Cost has been a major factor in the relatively slow development of CCS; companies are uncertain whether they would ever see a return from such a large investment, and are reluctant to take on the task of funding and building a carbon capture plant on their own.<\/p>\n<p>Mike Monea, president of capture and storage initiatives at SaskPower, said the company\u2019s experiences with its first project means it can drive costs down.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our plant was expensive to build but the next one will be 30% cheaper,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>The complexity of the technology is also a major challenge. While CCS has been used in the US for a number of years, in Europe the infrastructure has to be assembled from the ground up, according to Societe Generale\u2019s Baker.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In the US there is at least an existing infrastructure for gathering the CO2 and delivery to the Texas oilfields,\u201d he said. \u201cIn Europe we\u2019re starting from scratch; all the infrastructure has got to be built, and although using CO2 for EOR may be viable in the future, that\u2019s some way away. Developing CCS in Europe is a bigger challenge because you\u2019re combining pipelines and storage with a power station, leading to project-on-project risk.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Rules will also have to be put in place to guide the development of CCS, observers point out &#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The bottom line is that it will take time, given the scale and complexity of the projects and the lack of maturity of the market to support the projects,&#8221; says Baker.<\/p>\n<p>Most countries have therefore focused on deploying renewable energy as an initial way to cut greenhouse-gas pollution, and CCS may have languished in comparison with wind and solar. However SaskPower\u2019s Monea thinks nations may be ready to reconsider.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A lot of countries have tried things like going to solar or wind, and have found the cost of their electricity has skyrocketed,\u201d Monea said. \u201cReality is setting in, and if you can clean up the fossil fuels and reduce emissions to a very low level with CCS, that\u2019s one of the solutions that power companies could use.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>CCS\u2019 prospects are not helped by a lack of political support in many key countries. For example, efforts to develop the technology in Germany came to a halt in 2011 when the federal legislature failed to agree a law regulating the use of CCS. As a result, Vattenfall, one of the four largest utilities in the country, <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate.vattenfall.com\/press-and-media\/press-releases\/press-releases-import\/uncertainties-with-ccs-law-stop-vattenfall-investment-in-demo-plant\/?_t_id=1B2M2Y8AsgTpgAmY7PhCfg%3d%3d&amp;_t_q=ccs&amp;_t_tags=language%3aen%2csiteid%3afa59d14b-8a3f-4bf7-93c4-94c8a99859e7&amp;_t_ip=86.183.51.134&amp;_t_hit.id=Kwd_Kestrel_Library_Epi_Types_Pages_PressReleasePageType\/_08802753-a67b-4d7c-a4b0-cd9e099c3f3d_en&amp;_t_hit.pos=2\">halted<\/a> development of a demonstration project at J\u00e4nschwalde, saying it needed a clear legal framework in order to progress with its plans.<\/p>\n<p>SaskPower\u2019s Monea sees additional benefits from the use of CCS in China.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dWe\u2019ve been involved in China for quite a few years, and I think there\u2019s no question that they have a problem with air quality,\u201d he said. \u201cWhat China\u2019s learning is that our plant doesn\u2019t just capture CO2; it also captures the majority of the particulates, and all the sulphur dioxide, those elements that cause breathing problems.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The withdrawal of UK power generator Drax from the development of a carbon capture project underlines the slow progress in rolling out the technology\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2169,"featured_media":58209,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[761],"tags":[12580,547,597],"hashtags":[],"country":[],"class_list":["post-33220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-climate","tag-carbon-dioxide-removal","tag-fossil-fuels","tag-technology"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.0 (Yoast SEO v26.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Carbon capture a distant prospect as UK utility ducks out of major project | Dialogue Earth<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The withdrawal of UK power generator Drax from the development of a carbon capture project underlines the slow progress in rolling out the technology\u00a0\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/climate\/8220-carbon-capture-a-distant-prospect-as-uk-utility-ducks-out-of-major-project\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Carbon capture a distant prospect as UK utility ducks out of major project\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The withdrawal of UK power generator Drax from the development of a carbon capture project underlines the slow progress in rolling out the technology\u00a0\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/climate\/8220-carbon-capture-a-distant-prospect-as-uk-utility-ducks-out-of-major-project\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Dialogue Earth\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-10-06T09:24:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-07-30T14:52:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/3844250043_eec74579f7_z_meitu_1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"623\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"417\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Alessandro Vitelli\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/climate\/8220-carbon-capture-a-distant-prospect-as-uk-utility-ducks-out-of-major-project\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/climate\/8220-carbon-capture-a-distant-prospect-as-uk-utility-ducks-out-of-major-project\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Alessandro Vitelli\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/ec264c4539dc61ea110faa6457f43830\"},\"headline\":\"Carbon capture a distant prospect as UK utility ducks out of major project\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-10-06T09:24:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-07-30T14:52:26+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/climate\/8220-carbon-capture-a-distant-prospect-as-uk-utility-ducks-out-of-major-project\/\"},\"wordCount\":1388,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/climate\/8220-carbon-capture-a-distant-prospect-as-uk-utility-ducks-out-of-major-project\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/3844250043_eec74579f7_z_meitu_1.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Carbon dioxide removal\",\"Fossil fuels\",\"Technology\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Climate\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/climate\/8220-carbon-capture-a-distant-prospect-as-uk-utility-ducks-out-of-major-project\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/climate\/8220-carbon-capture-a-distant-prospect-as-uk-utility-ducks-out-of-major-project\/\",\"name\":\"Carbon capture a distant prospect as UK utility ducks out of major project | Dialogue Earth\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/climate\/8220-carbon-capture-a-distant-prospect-as-uk-utility-ducks-out-of-major-project\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/climate\/8220-carbon-capture-a-distant-prospect-as-uk-utility-ducks-out-of-major-project\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/3844250043_eec74579f7_z_meitu_1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-10-06T09:24:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-07-30T14:52:26+00:00\",\"description\":\"The withdrawal of UK power generator Drax from the development of a carbon capture project underlines the slow progress in rolling out the technology\u00a0\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/climate\/8220-carbon-capture-a-distant-prospect-as-uk-utility-ducks-out-of-major-project\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/climate\/8220-carbon-capture-a-distant-prospect-as-uk-utility-ducks-out-of-major-project\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/climate\/8220-carbon-capture-a-distant-prospect-as-uk-utility-ducks-out-of-major-project\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/3844250043_eec74579f7_z_meitu_1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/3844250043_eec74579f7_z_meitu_1.jpg\",\"width\":623,\"height\":417},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/climate\/8220-carbon-capture-a-distant-prospect-as-uk-utility-ducks-out-of-major-project\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Carbon capture a distant prospect as UK utility ducks out of major project\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/\",\"name\":\"Dialogue Earth\",\"description\":\"Global climate and environment news\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/#organization\",\"name\":\"\u5bf9\u8bdd\u5730\u7403\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Dialogue-Earth-Symbol-Logo_Black-Text.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Dialogue-Earth-Symbol-Logo_Black-Text.png\",\"width\":256,\"height\":256,\"caption\":\"\u5bf9\u8bdd\u5730\u7403\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DialogueEarth_\",\"\",\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DialogueEarth.English\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dialogue.earth\/\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/dialogueearth\/\"],\"publishingPrinciples\":\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/about\/\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/ec264c4539dc61ea110faa6457f43830\",\"name\":\"Alessandro Vitelli\",\"description\":\"Alessandro Vitelli is a freelance journalist writing about energy and climate policy. He is a former editor at Bloomberg News and a visiting fellow at the London School of Economics.\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/author\/alessandrovitelli\/\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/author\/alessandrovitelli\/\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Carbon capture a distant prospect as UK utility ducks out of major project | Dialogue Earth","description":"The withdrawal of UK power generator Drax from the development of a carbon capture project underlines the slow progress in rolling out the technology\u00a0","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/climate\/8220-carbon-capture-a-distant-prospect-as-uk-utility-ducks-out-of-major-project\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Carbon capture a distant prospect as UK utility ducks out of major project","og_description":"The withdrawal of UK power generator Drax from the development of a carbon capture project underlines the slow progress in rolling out the technology\u00a0","og_url":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/climate\/8220-carbon-capture-a-distant-prospect-as-uk-utility-ducks-out-of-major-project\/","og_site_name":"Dialogue Earth","article_published_time":"2015-10-06T09:24:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-07-30T14:52:26+00:00","og_image":[{"width":623,"height":417,"url":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/3844250043_eec74579f7_z_meitu_1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Alessandro Vitelli","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/climate\/8220-carbon-capture-a-distant-prospect-as-uk-utility-ducks-out-of-major-project\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/climate\/8220-carbon-capture-a-distant-prospect-as-uk-utility-ducks-out-of-major-project\/"},"author":{"name":"Alessandro Vitelli","@id":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/ec264c4539dc61ea110faa6457f43830"},"headline":"Carbon capture a distant prospect as UK utility ducks out of major project","datePublished":"2015-10-06T09:24:00+00:00","dateModified":"2020-07-30T14:52:26+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/climate\/8220-carbon-capture-a-distant-prospect-as-uk-utility-ducks-out-of-major-project\/"},"wordCount":1388,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/climate\/8220-carbon-capture-a-distant-prospect-as-uk-utility-ducks-out-of-major-project\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/3844250043_eec74579f7_z_meitu_1.jpg","keywords":["Carbon dioxide removal","Fossil fuels","Technology"],"articleSection":["Climate"],"inLanguage":"en"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/climate\/8220-carbon-capture-a-distant-prospect-as-uk-utility-ducks-out-of-major-project\/","url":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/climate\/8220-carbon-capture-a-distant-prospect-as-uk-utility-ducks-out-of-major-project\/","name":"Carbon capture a distant prospect as UK utility ducks out of major project | Dialogue Earth","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/climate\/8220-carbon-capture-a-distant-prospect-as-uk-utility-ducks-out-of-major-project\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/climate\/8220-carbon-capture-a-distant-prospect-as-uk-utility-ducks-out-of-major-project\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/3844250043_eec74579f7_z_meitu_1.jpg","datePublished":"2015-10-06T09:24:00+00:00","dateModified":"2020-07-30T14:52:26+00:00","description":"The withdrawal of UK power generator Drax from the development of a carbon capture project underlines the slow progress in rolling out the technology\u00a0","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/climate\/8220-carbon-capture-a-distant-prospect-as-uk-utility-ducks-out-of-major-project\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/climate\/8220-carbon-capture-a-distant-prospect-as-uk-utility-ducks-out-of-major-project\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en","@id":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/climate\/8220-carbon-capture-a-distant-prospect-as-uk-utility-ducks-out-of-major-project\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/3844250043_eec74579f7_z_meitu_1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/3844250043_eec74579f7_z_meitu_1.jpg","width":623,"height":417},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/climate\/8220-carbon-capture-a-distant-prospect-as-uk-utility-ducks-out-of-major-project\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Carbon capture a distant prospect as UK utility ducks out of major project"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/","name":"Dialogue Earth","description":"Global climate and environment news","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/#organization","name":"\u5bf9\u8bdd\u5730\u7403","url":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en","@id":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Dialogue-Earth-Symbol-Logo_Black-Text.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Dialogue-Earth-Symbol-Logo_Black-Text.png","width":256,"height":256,"caption":"\u5bf9\u8bdd\u5730\u7403"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/twitter.com\/DialogueEarth_","","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DialogueEarth.English","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dialogue.earth\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/dialogueearth\/"],"publishingPrinciples":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/about\/"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/ec264c4539dc61ea110faa6457f43830","name":"Alessandro Vitelli","description":"Alessandro Vitelli is a freelance journalist writing about energy and climate policy. He is a former editor at Bloomberg News and a visiting fellow at the London School of Economics.","url":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/author\/alessandrovitelli\/","sameAs":["https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/author\/alessandrovitelli\/"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33220","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2169"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33220"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33220\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33220"},{"taxonomy":"hashtags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtags?post=33220"},{"taxonomy":"country","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/country?post=33220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}