The UK CCS Research Centre (UKCCSRC) has received £7.6m ($9.4m) in funding to extend its carbon capture and storage (CCS) efforts for a further five years.
The UKCCSRC project, which will be led by Professor Jon Gibbins at the University of Sheffield, has been awarded £6.1m funding through the Research Councils UK Energy Programme, with an additional £1.5m coming from partner institutions.
Three Scottish carbon capture and Storage (SCCS) partner institutes – British Geological Survey, the University of Edinburgh and the University of Strathclyde – will join other project partners from across the UK, and key academics to form part of the UKCCSRC Management Team or to undertake lead research roles.
The centre’s stated mission is to ensure CCS technology ‘plays an effective role’ in reducing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, supporting a competitive UK industrial sector and helping to provide access to affordable and secure electricity. Its research programme will include a Community Network of more than 1000 individual researchers, an Early Career researcher programme and core research work covering capture technology, CO2 storage, energy systems and policy and public engagement.
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