Alstom committed to deliver carbon capture technology to
meet the European Unions CO2 emissions reduction
targets

Alstom welcomes the EU Climate Change & Energy Package
and, as the supplier of equipment used in 25% of the world's
power plants, is committed to playing its part in delivering
cleaner power generation both in Europe and on a global
scale.

Alstom is ready for the challenge of carbon capture and
storage in the power sector. Leveraging its knowledge in
combustion of fossil fuels, boilers and air quality control
systems, Alstom is currently partnering with major utilities to
develop and test its carbon capture technologies in several
pilot plants allowing it to propose a viable option in line
with Chris Davies's proposal.

Alstoms target is to offer CO2 capture technologies
commercially from 2015 but, like other early-mover commercial
scale projects, carbon capture and storage - CCS - will need
the appropriate regulatory and financial framework to ensure a
speedy ramp-up of the technology and large commercial use.

Setting a date for mandating the fitting of CCS to
fossil-fuel generation could be a good first step in
commercialising this technology:

• it will send a clear signal to markets to encourage
  investment in a range of CCS technologies; and
• it will establish a level playing field to remove some of
  the risks associated with developing new technologies at
  commercial scale.

Alstom wants to underline that the fight against CO2
emissions in fossil-fuel power generation should be global and
measures to reduce CO2 emissions should be deployed fairly
worldwide. If this is not the case, appropriate measures should
be taken to ensure that European energy intensive activities do
not face international competitive disadvantages.

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