Offshore energy can underpin zero target – Times

The offshore energy sector could underpin 60 per cent of the emissions reductions needed to hit the UK’s 2050 net zero target, a government-backed report has suggested.

The combination of carbon capture and storage, or CCS, hydrogen fuel and the electrification of offshore oil and gas platforms together could deliver 30 per cent of the necessary emissions reductions, according to the Oil and Gas Authority.

A further 30 per cent of the emissions savings could be made using power generated by offshore renewable energy sources such as wave, wind and tidal installations, it says.