Quarrying: Carbon Capture and Storage
Lords · Question HL16034 · Tabled 25 Mar 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero · Official record
Answered 10 Apr 2026
Question
Asked by Lord Storey
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the Peak Cluster project which proposes building a pipeline to carry compressed carbon dioxide from cement producers in Staffordshire and Derbyshire to gas storage facilities in Morcombe.
Answer
Answered by Lord Whitehead, 10 Apr 2026
In July 2023, the previous government outlined the next two clusters it felt were best placed to take forward carbon capture after ECC and Hynet. These were Acorn, in the Northeast of Scotland, and Viking in the Humber. The Department for Energy Security ...