UK ETS scope expansion - CCS: non-pipeline transport of carbon dioxide
Consultation description
The UK Emissions Trading Scheme (UK ETS) Authority – made up of the UK Government, Scottish Government, Welsh Government and the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs for Northern Ireland who jointly run the scheme – is consulting on a regulatory framework which will aim to recognise and implement non-pipeline transport (NPT) in the UK ETS.Ìý
The purpose of this consultation is to set out proposals for a regulatory model which will enable UK ETS participants to subtract CO2 sent to permanent storage via non-pipeline transport from their reportable emissions.ÌýÂ
In particular, we are proposing options and / or seeking views on:Â
- ETS NPT regulatory framework  Â
- accounting for NPT transport emissions   Â
- shipping and multiport journeys Â
- intermediate CO2 storage facilities and CO2 ³¾¾±³æ¾±²Ô²µâ€¯â¶Ä¯Â
- interactions between our proposed NPT policy and greenhouse gas removals (GGRs)
- our minded to position that our NPT policy will not require an adjustment to the ETS ³¦²¹±è Â
This consultation is open to anyone, but we expect it to be of greatest interest to:Â
- intermediate storage service providersÂ
- transport companies (road, rail and ship) planning to transport CO2 for NPT purposes
- capture projects considering using NPT
- carbon capture, usage and storage (CCUS) clusters Â
- carbon capture and storage (CCS) storage projectsÂ
- any individual or organisation that has an interest, directly or indirectly, in the use of NPT for carbon capture and storage
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