Carbon capture & storage Directive adopted in first reading

The Proposal for a Directive on the geological storage of carbon dioxide has been adopted by Council in first reading. From 2010, the Commission will report regularly on latest developments in the deployment of CCS technologies within its activities related to running the network of CCS demonstration projects. This reporting will include information on the progress on the CCS demo plants deployment, progress of CCS technologies development, cost estimates and the development of CO2 transport and storage infrastructure.

The Directive can be found here:

http://register.consilium.europa.eu/pdf/en/08/st03/st03739-re03.en08.pdf