Carbon Capture Readiness And DECC´s Proposals On Coal-Fired Power Generation

On 23rd April 2009, the Secretary of State for the Department of Energy and Climate Change ("DECC") presented DECC's strategy on coal and carbon capture and storage ("CCS") to the House of Commons. This coincided with the publication of the Government's response to its 2008 consultation on the EU's then proposed CCS Directive and specifically the implementation of provisions of the proposed Directive dealing with carbon capture readiness ("CCR").

Carbon Capture Readiness

The policy set out in the Government's response will be relevant for decision making by the Secretary of State in relation to applications for new power stations in England and Wales under Section 36 of the Electricity Act ("Section 36"). Although the responsibility for taking Section 36 decisions in Scotland has been devolved to the Scottish Ministers, the Government intends that the policy set out in the response should be a material consideration in decision making by the Scottish Ministers