Energy Act 2010

7 CCS demonstration projects and additional CCS use

(1) In this Part, “CCS demonstration project” means—

(a) a project to demonstrate and assess carbon capture and storage technology through its use in commercial electricity generation, or

(b) a project to prepare for, or assess the feasibility of, a project falling within paragraph (a) of this definition.

(2) In this Part, “additional CCS use” means—

(a) the use of carbon capture and storage technology in commercial electricity generation (including bringing the technology into such use), apart from such use in a CCS demonstration project, or

(b) activities to prepare for, or assess the feasibility of, use of carbon capture and storage technology falling within paragraph (a) of this definition.

(3) In this Part, “carbon capture and storage technology” means technology for doing, or contributing to the doing of, any of the following things—

(a) capturing carbon dioxide that has been produced by, or in connection with, commercial electricity generation;

(b) transporting such carbon dioxide that has been captured;

(c) disposing of such carbon dioxide that has been captured, by way of permanent storage.

(4) For the purposes of this section—

• “carbon dioxide” includes any substance consisting primarily of carbon dioxide;

• “commercial electricity generation” means generation of electricity, on a commercial scale.