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Carbon Capture and Storage in Germany – New opportunities for project developers and investors

8 April 2024

The German Government has announced that it will enable Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) and facilitate Carbon Capture and Utilisation (CCU) on an industrial scale, paving the way for a future CO2 pipeline network.

The Government has introduced a long-awaited draft bill to revise the Carbon Dioxide Act (Kohlendioxid-Speicherungsgesetz (KSpG)) and published the first key points of its Carbon Management Strategy (Eckpunkte der Bundesregierung für eine Carbon Management-Strategie).

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