Coverage Check — Carbon Capture, Usage and Storage (CCUS)
Audit of public-source material that may be missing from this policy thread.
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11 itemsThis is a major milestone news announcement — HyNet Transport & Storage reaching financial close in April 2025 — which is a key programme event not yet listed as a thread event.
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What it adds: Adds the HyNet financial close milestone (April 2025), distinct from the ECC financial close already on the thread (December 2024).
"Energy company Eni finalised a major deal with government which will see them award around £2 billion in supply chain contracts for their Liverpool Bay Carbon Capture and Storage Project."
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The Comprehensive Spending Review announcement confirming CCUS funding for HyNet, ECC build-out, and development funding for Acorn and Viking is a significant policy milestone not on the thread.
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What it adds: Adds the Spending Review CCUS funding decision (June 2025), which is a distinct programme-level event not yet captured.
"Allocation of funding for the build-out of HyNet and the East Coast Cluster and development funding to progress the Acorn Project and Viking CCS."
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The August 2025 publication of the full GGR Business Model and contract terms is a substantive CCUS-adjacent policy paper directly relevant to the thread's focus on CCUS deployment and GGR integration.
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What it adds: Adds the GGR Business Model publication (August 2025), which is not yet on the thread despite being a key CCUS programme output.
"GGR Business Model documents and summary 2025 published, including the first full-form GGR Contract comprising the draft Front End Agreement and Standard Terms and Conditions."
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The Accounting Officer Assessment for Track-1 CCUS is a formal accountability document required before financial close and is directly relevant to the programme's governance and value-for-money scrutiny.
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What it adds: Adds the formal Accounting Officer Assessment (March 2025) which provides the propriety and value-for-money sign-off for the £21.7bn Track-1 investment, not yet on the thread.
"As the DESNZ Accounting Officer I have considered the assessment of Track-1 of the Carbon Capture, Usage and Storage Programme (HyNet and East Coast Cluster) and approved it on 20th March 2025."
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The publication of the HyNet Track-1 expansion project negotiation list is a key programme milestone in the CCUS cluster sequencing process not yet on the thread.
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What it adds: Adds the August 2025 HyNet T1x project negotiation list, a distinct cluster sequencing event not yet captured.
"DESNZ has concluded its assessment of applications into the Track-1 expansion of the HyNet CCUS cluster process, taking forward 6 projects into the negotiations phase."
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The launch of the HyNet Track-1 expansion process (December 2023) is a distinct cluster sequencing event that is not yet on the thread.
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What it adds: Adds the HyNet T1x process launch (December 2023), which is a separate programme event from the December 2023 'vision' document already on the thread.
"Potential CCUS projects wishing to connect to HyNet by 2030 were invited to submit their expressions of interest by 2 February 2024."
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The government's formal response to the CCC's 2025 progress report (published October 2025) addresses CCUS delivery and is a key accountability document not yet on the thread.
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What it adds: Adds the government's October 2025 response to the CCC 2025 progress report, which is a distinct policy document from the written statement already on the thread.
"The government response is published alongside the Carbon Budget and Growth Delivery Plan, which sets out how the government will meet statutory carbon budgets."
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The published Full Business Case for HyNet is a major transparency document for the £21.7bn CCUS investment and is not yet on the thread.
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What it adds: Adds the HyNet Full Business Case publication (June 2025), providing the detailed investment rationale and cost-benefit analysis for the HyNet cluster.
"HyNet will create an enabling environment for long-term CCUS deployment, securing a pathway to a self-sustaining CCUS market from 2035."
The August 2025 announcement of selected projects for HyNet Track-1 expansion is a key cluster sequencing milestone not yet on the thread.
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What it adds: Adds the August 2025 HyNet T1x selected projects announcement as a distinct programme milestone event.
"DESNZ has concluded its assessment of applications into the Track-1 expansion of the HyNet CCUS cluster process, taking forward 6 projects into the negotiations phase."
The launch of the Independent Review of Greenhouse Gas Removals (March 2025) is a distinct policy event relevant to CCUS/GGR integration not yet on the thread.
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What it adds: Adds the March 2025 launch of the Independent Review of GGRs, which directly informs CCUS policy development and the Seventh Carbon Budget pathway.
"The Terms of Reference of the independent review of greenhouse gas removals were published on 31 March 2025."
The December 2024 government response to the CCC 2024 progress report addresses CCUS delivery commitments and is not yet on the thread as a distinct event.
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What it adds: Adds the December 2024 government response to the CCC 2024 progress report, which includes specific CCUS commitments and is distinct from the Hansard debate already on the thread for that date.
"The government response is published alongside the Carbon Budget and Growth Delivery Plan, setting out how the government will meet statutory carbon budgets."
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4 itemsThe CCUS Innovation 2.0 programme is a relevant R&D funding programme, but it is primarily a research/innovation programme rather than a core policy event for this thread.
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What it adds: Adds the CCUS Innovation 2.0 programme publication, which documents funded innovation projects but is more background than a core policy event.
"This programme aims to accelerate the deployment of next generation carbon capture, usage and storage (CCUS) technology in the UK to be deployed at scale by 2030."
The December 2023 CCUS statement on Heads of Terms agreements may be a distinct event from the 'vision' document already on the thread for the same date, but could be part of the same publication.
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What it adds: Potentially adds a distinct ministerial statement on ECC and HyNet Heads of Terms progress, separate from the 'vision' document already on the thread.
"This month we reached agreement on the key commercial principles through the Heads of Terms with the East Coast Cluster T&SCo, The Northern Endurance Partnership."
The Carbon Storage Retention of Information Regulations 2025 (referenced in the Lords debate already on the thread) may be a missing statutory instrument event, but the exact SI date and URL need verification.
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What it adds: Would add the underlying SI for carbon storage data retention, which underpins the disclosure regulations debate already on the thread.
"These regulations specify the types of information and samples that carbon storage licensees must retain and the periods for which they must retain them."
The May 2026 publication of Call 2 project summaries for the CCUS Innovation 2.0 programme is recent and relevant but is primarily a research/innovation output rather than a core policy event.
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What it adds: Adds the May 2026 CCUS Innovation 2.0 Call 2 outcomes, documenting the next-generation CCUS technology pipeline.
"Published key documents from CCUS Innovation 2.0 completed projects; added summaries of successful projects for Call 2."
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10 itemsThis April 2025 consultation on amending the Carbon Capture Revenue Support Regulations to enable GGR and Power BECCS business models is a direct CCUS regulatory development not yet on the thread.
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What it adds: Adds a 2025 consultation on extending the CCUS revenue support regulatory framework to GGRs and Power BECCS, which is not yet captured.
"The GGR Business Model is to be delivered using powers in the Energy Act 2023; in April 2025, the government published a consultation on technical amendments to the Carbon Capture Revenue Support Regulations 2024."
The Carbon Budget and Growth Delivery Plan (October 2025) is the government's overarching delivery plan for meeting carbon budgets, with CCUS as a key component, and is not yet on the thread as a distinct event.
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What it adds: Adds the October 2025 Carbon Budget and Growth Delivery Plan, which sets out CCUS's role in meeting carbon budgets 4–7 and is distinct from the written statement already on the thread.
"Carbon Budget 6 (2033 to 2037) was set in 2021 and the Carbon Budget 7 (2038 to 2042) level will need to be set by June 2026."
The source URL https://www.gov.uk/government/calls-for-evidence/evolution-of-economic-regulation-for-co2-storage is already in the cited URLs list.
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What it adds: Already covered.
"This call for evidence, jointly produced by DESNZ and Ofgem, was looking to understand whether the Regulated Asset Base model of economic regulation for CO2 storage will continue to best meet the needs of users, developers, investors and consumers as the CCS market matures."
The November 2025 update to the CCUS business models (ICC and Waste ICC contracts) is a substantive policy update not yet captured as a thread event, even though the parent page URL is already cited.
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What it adds: Adds the November 2025 ICC/Waste ICC Business Model update as a distinct event, separate from the earlier business models consultation already on the thread.
"We have published an update to: ICC Business Model, ICC front end agreement and comparison, ICC standard terms and conditions and comparison, Waste ICC front end agreement and comparison."
The February 2026 publication of the Transition Access Agreement Draft Commercial Principles is a new CCUS market development document not yet on the thread.
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What it adds: Adds the February 2026 TAA Draft Commercial Principles publication, which advances the transition to a self-sustaining CCUS market.
"Published Transition Access Agreement: Draft Commercial Principals — providing more information on the government's current proposals for the TAA."
This URL is already in the cited sources list.
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What it adds: Already covered.
"Research and analysis on the future policy framework for power with carbon capture, usage and storage (CCUS)."
The Padeswood written statement (2025-07-03) is already on the thread at https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/1819102.
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What it adds: Already covered.
"Following successful negotiations, the UK's first carbon capture-enabled cement plant at Padeswood and one of the world's first full-scale carbon capture-enabled waste-to-energy facilities at Protos reached contract milestones."
The CCUS Future Network Strategy citizenspace URL is already on the thread (2025-08-06).
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What it adds: Already covered.
"The CCUS Future Network Strategy call for evidence discussed the need for government and industry collaboration to develop CO2 transport and storage networks."
The April 2024 ICC business model update is a substantive policy update but may be considered part of the ongoing business models publication already cited rather than a distinct thread event.
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What it adds: Would add the April 2024 ICC business model update for Track-1 Expansion and Track-2 as a distinct policy event.
"Added April 2024 update on the industrial carbon capture business models for Track-1 Expansion and Track-2."
The CCUS Council meeting (March 2026) is a relevant stakeholder engagement event but may not constitute a distinct public record event for the thread without a dedicated publication URL.
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What it adds: Would add the most recent CCUS Council meeting as a stakeholder engagement event, but the dedicated URL for this item needs verification.
"The CCUS Council is the primary forum for engaging the CCUS sector on CCUS, co-chaired by the Minister of State for Industry and the CEO of the Carbon Capture and Storage Association."
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