Written questions

Peak Cluster: Carbon Dioxide

2026-05-13 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero · 1150 · Official question

Esther McVey

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what consideration he has given to the importing of CO2 from international sources for the Peak Cluster project.

Answer

The department has not made an assessment of the importing of carbon dioxide from international sources for the Peak Cluster project.The UK has a significant surplus of theoretical geological storage capacity for CO2 - estimated at ~78 billion tonnes, wit...