BEIS announced on Thursday 27 June that nine companies have secured £26mn of government funding, as well as industry backing to advance the rollout of carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS). Tata Chemicals Europe’s plant in Winnington, Cheshire received £4.2mn in funding to build a CCUS facility to capture 40,000 tonnes of carbon annually – the facility could be operational by 202. Eight more projects will be awarded between £170,000 and £7mn as part of two programmes – the £20mn Carbon Capture and Utilisation Demonstration programme (CCUD) and the £24mn Call for CCUS Innovation programme.
