Strong concern over the Humber’s omission from the first phase of carbon capture and storage projects has been expressed to Secretary of State for Energy, Grant Shapps.
The Hull and Humber Chamber of Commerce has written asking for a rapid rethink, in a joint letter alongside local authority leaders.
March’s Westminster announcements saw proposals in the North East and North West named as forerunners, disappointing the region with the highest industrial emissions in the UK - a factor said to give the region “the most bang for the buck”. And while the Viking CCS scheme was named as a leading contender for the track two element - a plan focused on the refinery and power-generating cluster around Immingham, with potential to ship in via the port - the Zero Carbon Humber dual hydrogen and CCS pipeline plan - linking Drax to Easington via industrial emitters at Keadby, Scunthorpe, North Killingholme and Saltend - didn’t feature.
