{"id":301914,"date":"2024-02-15T15:01:05","date_gmt":"2024-02-15T14:01:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=301914"},"modified":"2024-02-15T15:01:08","modified_gmt":"2024-02-15T14:01:08","slug":"net-zero-crisis-deepens-as-government-says-it-is-only-planning-to-build-a-quarter-of-the-carbon-capture-capacity-needed-to-hit-green-target","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=301914","title":{"rendered":"Net Zero Crisis Deepens as Government Says it is Only Planning to Build a QUARTER of the Carbon Capture Capacity Needed to Hit Green Target"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From The Daily Sceptic<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By\u00a0CHRIS JOHNSON<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Last month the scandal broke<\/a> that the Climate Change Committee (CCC) relied on just one year\u2019s wind data when it advised MPs in 2019 that the U.K. would be able to rely on wind and solar power by 2050. This is despite U.K. annual wind varying by 39% from its maximum to its minimum during the period 2009-2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, it turns out that this error, major as it is, is a mere footnote compared with the much bigger problem of the mismatch between the CCC\u2019s advice regarding carbon capture and storage and the Government\u2019s stated intentions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The U.K.\u2019s ambition to achieve Net Zero carbon dioxide emissions by 2050 is heavily reliant on carbon capture and storage technology to remove all the CO2<\/sub> that the country will still be producing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the\u00a0CCC report<\/a>\u00a0(see below), by 2050 the U.K. will need to be able to store 176 Mt of CO2<\/sub>\u00a0in order to achieve Net Zero emissions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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However, as things stand the Department of Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) states<\/a> that by 2050 the U.K. will only have capacity to store 50 Mt of CO2<\/sub>, which is just over a quarter (28%) of what the CCC says is needed, falling 126 Mt short:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The U.K. is a first mover; we are aiming to support the establishment of two CCUS [carbon capture, usage and storage] clusters by the mid-2020s and a further two by 2030, through which we aim to capture 20-30 Mt CO2<\/sub> per year. The long-term ambition is to reach 50 Mt CO2<\/sub> annually by 2050.<\/strong> [emphasis added]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

This massive shortfall guarantees that Net Zero cannot be achieved by 2050. Furthermore, it would in no way be possible to undertake the engineering and groundworks to build all that missing CO2<\/sub> storage capacity by 2050, even if the U.K. had the money to fund it, which it does not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are of course all number of reasons why Net Zero is unachievable, unnecessary and unjustifiably costly. But the chasm between the amount of carbon capture the CCC says is needed to hit the target and the amount the Government actually thinks it will have available at the time means Net Zero is unachievable even on the Government\u2019s own terms. It means that it doesn\u2019t matter how much the Government cripples U.K. industry and drives it overseas, how successful it is in replacing dependable fossil fuels with intermittent renewables, it will never hit Net Zero by 2050 or anywhere close to it and has no credible plan to do so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do MPs and ministers realise this? The danger is that once they are alerted to the issue they will see it as a reason to redouble efforts to slash emissions and accelerate the building of carbon storage capacity. Of course, what they should do is add it to the ever-growing list of why Net Zero is a terrible idea that needs replacing with a proper energy policy that prioritises prosperity and security for the long term.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stop Press<\/strong>: The Executive Chairman of Fortescue Metals, Andrew Forrest has said<\/a> carbon capture is a \u201ccomplete falsehood\u201d that will never work. The Australian billionaire told the 50th anniversary meeting of the International Energy Agency: \u201cWe\u2019re going to keep burning fossil fuels and somehow magically get rid of the carbon down into the ground where there is no proof that it will stay there, but heaps of proof that it fails. I say for policymakers everywhere, do not be the next idiot waiting for the old lie to be trotted out and say I believe in carbon sequestration. It has only failed for 75 years\u2026 It\u2019s a complete falsehood.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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