EER: European CCS industry faces moment of truth

It will soon become clear which carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects in Europe are still alive. EU member states face an end-of-October deadline to announce which CCS demonstration projects they will invest in - and render eligible to receive hundreds of millions of Euros in fresh EU funds. The original demonstration programme from 2007 - which envisaged a dozen demos on the go by 2015 - is but a shadow of its former self. Yet it is questionable whether Europe can do without CCS if it is to decarbonise its economy by 2050. As pressure mounts on member states to finally commit, the CCS industry is looking beyond its traditional partners in coal and power to become a story about gas, biomass, manufacturing and jobs. Sonja van Renssen reports from Brussels.  MORE (login required)