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Researches and MPs are pressing the British government to do more for commercialization of as the country heads towards a major display of CCS technology in 2014. It is expected that the winning bidder to receive funding for this CCS demo would be chosen ; the bidder will have to demonstrate burial of 2 million tonnes of CO2 per annum generated by a 400 MW coal-fired plant.
G8 countries mutually decided to kick start 20 CCS units by 2010; however, only a few nations including the UK are going for a commercial approach on this matter, which is essential for the long-term success of CCS since the costs of launching and operating a CCS plant are huge.
“Actually, very few countries are doing well on CCS, which allows the UK to say it’s doing better than most,” stated Jeff Chapman of the .