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Carbon Capture and Storage News

25 May 2010

Burges Salmon on CCS steering group

We will be represented on the steering group of a new research project to assess the potential of carbon capture and storage (CCS).

16 May 2010

The Energy Act

The Energy Act 2010 just made it to Royal Assent and the Statute Book before the General Election was called. The Conservative – Liberal Democrat Coalition Agreement re-states the new UK government's commitment for public sector investment in Carbon Capture and Storage 'CCS' technology for four coal-fired power stations.  For further details, please see our briefing note under the Publications link.

24 November 2009

Making progress with CCS

Rapid progress has been achieved in addressing many of the legal obstacles to deployment of Carbon Capture and Storage, but there are still real practical difficulties in the way of this key technology. Click on the link to read more.

24 June 2009

Infrastructure/Energy Team of the Year 2009

We have been named Infrastructure/Energy Team of the Year in The Lawyer Awards 2009. We're really pleased with this achievement, especially as this is the first year the award has been given. This recognises the hard work put in across the firm, as people in every area have helped over recent years.