The discussion at a glance:

• the future for policy and regulation
• creating market conditions for investment and growth
• innovation in technology and business models
• opportunities across the sector, and for its partners and suppliers
• the sector’s role in supporting green economic recovery – jobs growth in regions across the UK and helping meet climate targets

The agenda:

• Next steps for developing the carbon capture sector and commercialising technology development
• Integrating CCS and CCUS across carbon-intensive assets, and opportunities for decarbonisation and asset repurposing
• The contribution of carbon capture to the net-zero transition – reducing costs, widening utilisation, and integration with the clean growth policy agenda
• Sector priorities for technology development and adoption – long-term policy, operational costs, and the guidance needed for industry integration
• Developing the CCS and CCUS market – business models, investment and regulation
  • Developing market rules for carbon capture – competition, compatibility with existing markets, and incentives for carbon commoditisation and trading
  • Creating conditions that encourage investment – market confidence, engagement with private capital, risk allocation, and routes to cost reduction
  • Setting rules that are appropriate across the sector – hydrogen production and export, growth across stakeholder value chains, and opening the potential for new market services
• Carbon capture as an enabler for clean economic recovery and regional growth – low-carbon industrial clusters, skills and jobs development, and opportunities for local supply chains
• Priorities for long-term carbon capture policy and sector growth, and delivering whole-system change