NER 300: Prize fund for carbon capture projects shrinks by £800m

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Michael Liebreich, at Bloomberg New Energy Finance blames eurozone crisis for decline in the value of NER 300

The future of carbon capture and storage in Europe has been thrown into doubt after £800m was wiped off the value of a prize fund for developing the technology. The NER300 fund was supposed to encourage...

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