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No business model: CCS requires long-term and comprehensive subsidies

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Published: February 27th, 2024,
Last updated: May 28th, 2025

The German government intends to store CO2 in the seabed off the coast. Countries like Norway are already further along and provide billions in subsidies.
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For the capture and storage of the greenhouse gas CO2 (CCS), there are plans in many countries, but so far, there is no independent business model anywhere. Industrialized countries and the EU do provide subsidies for CCS facilities and sometimes for the transport and storage infrastructure. However, according to industry representatives and analysts, an even longer-term and more comprehensive subsidy is needed to establish this industry. Additionally, the state must absorb risks such as CO2 leaks from storage facilities.

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