BRUSSELS - Alstom, one of the world’s largest power plant constructors, supports MEP Chris Davies’ proposal to make CO2 capture and storage (CCS) mandatory in the EU in a stepwise approach starting in 2015. Rival equipment supplier Aker Clean Carbon also says it will be ready to build full-scale power plants well before 2015.
The European Commission published on 22 November a "Strategic Energy Technology Plan" with the aim of creating a low-carbon energy system.
Global sectoral agreements may pave the way for a gradual introduction of emerging economies into binding commitments for greenhouse gas emissions.