To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what projects to deploy carbon capture and storage technology are taking part in the competition for funding for this technology. (303394)

There are two projects taking part in the current competition launched in 2007 to support a commercial-scale demonstration of carbon capture and storage technology on a coal fired power station. Eon and Scottish Power are each leading the project.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many projects to deploy carbon capture and storage technology have expressed an interest to his Department in being part of the competition for funding for this technology. (303395)

There were nine bids in the pre-qualification stage in the current demonstration competition launched in 2007.