London to host CCS summit

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London will host a major international carbon capture and storage (CCS) summit on 13 October ahead of the UN Climate Change talks in Copenhagen.

The Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum (CSLF), hosted by the UK and Norway, will bring together international energy and environment ministers from 23 countries as well as the European Commission and industry stakeholders.

It is hoped the summit will further the G8’s ambition to launch 20 CCS demonstration projects globally by 2010.

Ahead of the talks, the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) is launching a consultation that aims to harness the huge potential of the North Sea for storing CO2.

The consultation will propose regulatory framework for exploration, development and management of the potential storage sites in a way that is safe and effectively co-ordinated with other uses of the sea.

The DECC stated that the discussion on license conditions for the storage of CO2 in the North Sea starts on 28 September and is open for three months.

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