Carbon Capture and Storage: Cement
Commons · Question 115074 · Tabled 23 Feb 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero · Official record
Answered 3 Mar 2026
Question
Asked by Pippa Heylings
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what comparative assessment he has made of the international competitiveness of (a) the UK and (b) countries that deploy carbon capture at scale in low-carbon cement production.
Answer
Answered by Michael Shanks, 3 Mar 2026
Carbon capture, usage and storage is integral to decarbonising the cement sector’s production of clinker and making the sector competitive in a net zero economy. Government has signed the UK’s first industrial carbon capture contracts with Heidelberg Mate...