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| Prime minister admits Longannet carbon capture problems | Prime minister admits Longannet carbon capture problems |
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| The prime minister has confirmed there are problems with plans for a carbon capture power plant at Longannet, Fife. | The prime minister has confirmed there are problems with plans for a carbon capture power plant at Longannet, Fife. |
| David Cameron was responding to a question in the Commons from Labour's energy spokesman Tom Greatrex, urging the UK government to save the project. | David Cameron was responding to a question in the Commons from Labour's energy spokesman Tom Greatrex, urging the UK government to save the project. |
| Mr Cameron said government money was still on offer, thought to be about £1bn, but conceded there were doubts about the scheme. | Mr Cameron said government money was still on offer, thought to be about £1bn, but conceded there were doubts about the scheme. |
| The consortium behind the project is led by Scottish Power. | The consortium behind the project is led by Scottish Power. |
| Longannet, which is the UK's second largest coal-fired power station and Europe's third largest, is among the biggest polluters in the country. | |
| It produces energy for two million people and emits between seven million and eight million tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) a year. | |
| The carbon capture scheme hoped to pump emissions from Longannet into storage in rocks under the North Sea. | |
| A year ago, the Longannet project became the only entrant in a CCS competition run by the UK government for £1bn of funding, after energy giant E.On dropped plans for a plant at its proposed Kingsnorth power station in Kent. | |
| In June, Scottish Power and its partners National Grid and Shell UK announced plans to create an onshore pipeline carrying up to two million tonnes of CO2 as part of a CCS scheme to pump emissions from Longannet to the North Sea. | |
| Responding to Mr Greatrex's during Prime Minister's Questions, Mr Cameron said: "The funding that we set aside for carbon capture and storage is still there, that funding will be made available. | |
| "Clearly the Longannet scheme isn't working in the way they intended but the money from the government, the support from the government, for this vital technology, is there." |