BusinessGreen: Norway has abandoned plans to build a full-scale carbon capture and storage (CCS) plant at the Mongstad refinery, curtailing a $1bn project known as the country's "moon landing".
The Ministry of Petroleum and Energy confirmed late last week the plans would be halted and the government will instead look to develop "at least one full-scale CCS project ... by 2020" in another location. However, government funding for the CCS test centre at Mongstad will be increased by 400 million kroner (42m) over...