UK government pledges £170m to help heavy industry decarbonise

Posted on 14 Dec 2018 by The Manufacturer

Up to £170m of government funding will go to energy-intensive industries like glass, steel, ceramics and chemicals to help them develop new green technologies and create the world’s first ‘net-zero’ carbon cluster of heavy industry.

The energy-intensive steel sector will receive government funding to help it decarbonise – image courtesy of Depositphotos. The funding, which is expected to be backed by industry, will go towards helping energy-intensive businesses to share expertise and come up with radical new innovations to help reduce their carbon footprint. The announcement came at COP24…

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