Hessian Minister Boddenberg visits CCS-Technology and European Execution Center of Alstom in Wiesbaden

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The Minister was informed about the various CO2-capture technologies as well as about their usage in international test and demonstration plants to analyse their suitability for industrial use. After the visit, the Minister said: “The CO2-capture and storage technology can contribute to reach the climate targets. To guarantee the international competitiveness, the Hessian high-technology site of Alstom in Wiesbaden needs a reliable legal CCS-framework (1). In this sense, I will will stand up for the Hessian interests in the upcoming negotiations in the CCS-mediation committee in Berlin.”

At the beginning of February, the negotiations for national CCS-legislation in Germany will be continued in the mediation committee between German Bundestag and Bundesrat. There is some urgency as according to an EU-guideline, the European CCS-legislation should have been converted into national legislation in June 2011.

(For more information, please read the German version of the press release)
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(1) Carbon Capture and Storage

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