EU to approve recovery funding for CCS and wind

The European Commission has approved the allocation of €1.05 billion to seven carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects in Europe. The projects are situated in Germany, the Netherlands, Poland, Spain, the UK, Italy and France. Each will receive up to €180 million in EU funds (see June 2009 Eurobrief).

The Draft Regulation establishing a programme to aid economic recovery by granting financial assistance to projects in the field of energy is available here:

http://ec.europa.eu/energy/grants/docs/eepr/eepr_call_for_proposals_annex1.pdf