Offshore energy can underpin zero target

Offshore wind energy together with increased used of carbon capture and storage from oil fields could help the UK to reduce emissions
Offshore wind energy together with increased used of carbon capture and storage from oil fields could help the UK to reduce emissions
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The offshore energy sector could underpin 60 per cent of the emissions reductions needed to hit the UK’s 2050 net zero target, a government-backed report has suggested.

The combination of carbon capture and storage, or CCS, hydrogen fuel and the electrification of offshore oil and gas platforms together could deliver 30 per cent of the necessary emissions reductions, accoerding to the Oil and Gas Authority.

A further 30 per cent of the emissions savings could be made using power generated by offshore renewable energy sources such as wave, wind and tidal installations, it says.

The authority was set up in 2015 to regulate, influence and promote the British oil and gas industry. It is funded by an industry levy and is owned by the business