As part of the carbon capture, usage and storage (CCUS) cluster process, the projects represent a range of technologies that will capture carbon emissions, preventing them being released into the atmosphere.

The Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy said that carbon capture technologies offer “enormous economic potential” due to their ability to attract new private investment which could create 50,000 skilled jobs in the UK by 2030.

The UK has one of the largest potential carbon dioxide storage capacities in Europe, making it one of the more attractive business environments for the technology. This is because the North Sea could be used to store captured carbon under the seabed.

Boris Johnson’s Ten Point Plan to decarbonise the UK includes plans to deploy CCUS in two industrial clusters by the mid-2020s, and a further two clusters by 2030.

The 20 projects announced today represent a range of CCUS technologies that will capture carbon...