Office of Carbon Capture & Storage (OCCS)
The actions needed for CCS to be successful will be undertaken using a coordinated approach through the Office of Carbon Capture and Storage (OCCS), which is tasked with facilitating the delivery of CCS in the UK, and helping to promote its rapid deployment globally.
The Office will set the strategic path for the use of CCS, facilitate the delivery of the demonstration programme, create the policy and support arrangements to stimulate private sector investment, and work with stakeholders to remove barriers to investment and development in the UK and globally. It will also look to maximise the domestic and global opportunities for UK businesses and the economy to benefit.
Who are we?
The Office is staffed by a dedicated team of Civil Servants, who are focused on helping to deliver CCS by:
- Facilitating the development of CCS technology, including the UK demonstration programme, innovation, and funding
- Working with stakeholders to ensure the wider framework for delivering CCS in the UK exists, including regulation and UK skills and capacity
- Raising levels of understanding about CCS within governments, industry and the public
- Coordinating strategy and policy on CCS, including the wider potential for application to gas generation and industrial processes
- Leading on the development of a Roadmap, to guide future actions on CCS.
“In recent years we have seen broad international political consensus on the need and importance of CCS and we are aware of the need for all of us, to live up to the rhetoric and deliver.
That is why my Office is accelerating the deployment of CCS in the UK, so that we can speak with confidence, and based on experience, in the international arena.”