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Source: WWF website
Concerns were raised after the government launched a public consultation this week on Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) policy, just a few days after publishing its plans for a renewable energy revolution in the UK.
CCS is a process for trapping CO2 generated by coal-fired power stations and transporting it to underground geological sinks for storage. However, CCS technology has yet to be demonstrated on a large-scale power plant anywhere in the world.
The power sector was responsible for one third of UK emissions in 2007. WWF believes there needs to be a rapid decarbonisation of the power sector and that renewables and greater energy efficiency should form the bulk of the shift. Fossil fuels, such as coal, could also play a role but only if they use proven and controlled CCS from the outset.
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