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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10578
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SECTORAL POLICY / (ae) energy

CCS technology - Oettinger reflects on compulsory use

Brussels, 20/03/2012 (Agence Europe) - Energy Commissioner Günther Oettinger takes the view that the EU should consider whether to make mandatory the use of very costly, advanced technology (Carbon Capture and Storage - CCS) to capture greenhouse gas emissions from power plants.

“At the moment, we have demonstration projects (…) but maybe in two to three years we'll know much more and then you can say CCS is feasible technically and is a financial investment which can be accepted, and...

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