German cabinet approves carbon capture and hydrogen plans – Euractiv

Germany’s cabinet approved on Wednesday (29 May) two draft bills to accelerate the integration of hydrogen and carbon capture respectively, into the country’s energy and industrial systems.

The government has identified both technologies as critical components of the country’s drive to become carbon neutral by 2045, while maintaining heavy industries, government sources said.

Carbon capture and storage

Carbon capture and storage, or CCS, removes from the atmosphere carbon dioxide produced by industrial processes or captures it at the…