EU clears extra funds for carbon storage, offshore wind
Thursday, December 17, 2009
The European Commission yesterday (9 December) approved a series of offshore wind and carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects that will receive over €1.5 billion from the EU's economic recovery fund.Six CCS demonstration projects were deemed mature enough to qualify for the €1 billion designated to support the fledgling technology .These include Vattenfall's Jaenshwalde power plant in Germany, Endesa's Compostilla plant in Spain, Maasvlakte plant in the Netherlands, Hatfield in the UK ...