PRESS RELEASE: Leadership Transition at CCS Europe: Chris Davies to Retire, Bergur Løkke Rasmussen Appointed as New Director
Brussels, 17 March 2025 -- Advocacy group CCS Europe today announces a leadership transition as its director, Chris Davies (70) steps back from the role he has played since the organisation’s launch two years ago. The former British MEP, who was European Parliament rapporteur for the CO2 storage directive in 2008, will remain involved as a senior advisor.Find out more
PRESS RELEASE: CCS Europe Reaction to the Clean Industrial Deal
Brussels, 26 February 2025 -- Carbon Capture and Storage Europe (CCS Europe) welcomed the Commission’s recognition of the need to build a market for carbon capture and decarbonised products, but questioned whether voluntary labelling would be enough to promote investment CCS on the scale needed.Find out more
PRESS RELEASE: Has CCS Stalled?
Brussels, 5 February 2025 -- With only one final investment decision for a major carbon capture project taken within the EU in the past 12 months, supporters of the technology’s deployment say that progress is well below what is needed to achieve industrial decarbonisation.Find out more
PRESS RELEASE: WELCOME BOOST FOR CARBON CAPTURE IN EUROPE
Brussels, 27 January 2025 -- An announcement today that a final investment decision has been taken to equip a major waste-to-energy facility in Europe with the means of capturing and storing CO2 emissions has been warmly welcomed by industry campaigners. Advocacy group CCS Europe says that the decision by Hafslund Celsio, a company wholly owned by the Oslo municipality, gives hope that 2025 will be the year when CCS investment finally takes off in...Find out more
PRESS RELEASE: DELAY TO 2040 CLIMATE TARGETS RISKS EU CREDIBILITY, SAYS CCS EUROPE
Brussels, 15 January 2025 -- Climate Action Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra this morning appeared before the European Parliament's industry committee in a structured dialogue on the Commission's industrial policy plans. During the dialogue, he insinuated that Europe's 2040 Climate Targets would come later in the year than originally planned.Find out more
PRESS RELEASE: HOEKSTRA CALLS FOR LEADERSHIP ON CCS
Brussels, 6 November 2024 -- Recognition by Wopke Hoekstra that he will have a personal role to play in promoting deployment of carbon capture and storage has been warmly welcomed by advocacy body CCS Europe. Responding to a question about CCS from former NZIA rapporteur Christian Ehler (EPP) at his parliamentary hearing, the commissioner-designate for climate, net-zero and clean growth emphasised the need for the Commission to provide leadership on the CCS,...Find out more
LEADERS OF 51 ORGANISATIONS CALL FOR URGENT ACTION ON INDUSTRIAL CARBON MANAGEMENT IN EUROPE
Brussels, 24 October 2024 -- Fifty-one signatories from leading industries and civil society are calling on the new European Commission to urgently scale up industrial carbon management to meet Europe’s climate objectives. An open letter addressed to the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, stresses the need for the rapid deployment of Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) and Carbon Capture and Utilisation (CCU) technologies to ensure European industries remain competitive and reach climate...Find out more
CCS EUROPE REACTS TO UK GOVERNMENT PLANS TO INVEST £22 BILLION IN CCS PROJECTS
Brussels, 04 October 2024 -- The UK government has announced a commitment of a nearly £22 billion over the next 25 years to fund critical carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects. This landmark move signals a significant step toward advancing the UK’s green transition and revitalising key industries.Find out more
CONFUSION REIGNS ON INDUSTRIAL DECARBONISATION
Brussels, 18 September 2024 -- Advocacy body Carbon Capture and Storage Europe (CCS Europe) has warmly welcomed the emphasis given to industrial decarbonisation in mission letters sent by President von der Leyen to commissioners-elect.Find out more
CCS EUROPE WELCOMES RECOGNITION OF CCS IN MARIO DRAGHI REPORT
Brussels, 9 September 2024 -- Chris Davies, director of Carbon Capture & Storage Europe (CCS Europe), reacts to the publication of Mario Draghi's report on competitiveness, and its implications for CCS.Find out more