Billions of pounds and up to 100,000 jobs could be created across the UK in the next twenty years in the "Carbon Capture and Storage" (CCS) industry. Now East Midlands firms are being urged to get involved in this major new technology as soon as possible to ensure the region gets a share of the potentially huge profits and employment opportunities of the future.

UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) will be hosting an event in Nottingham on Tuesday 22 February where 30 overseas CCS project developers will be talking about their work around the world. 

The event is one of just three in the UK and representatives of CCS demonstration projects in the USA, Canada, Australia, Germany, Japan, China and many other countries will be in attendance.

The event is free to all East Midlands companies that think they may have a role to play in supplying and developing this important new technology. These could be companies involved in engineering, pipeline design, exploration, site characterisation, injection well construction and management.

Peter Hogarth, International Trade Director for UKTI in the East Midlands says:

"In the future many energy-intensive manufacturing industries will need to use CCS plants to  capture and store their CO2  and to comply with regulations on emissions. Countries around the world are now starting to build industrial scale CCS plants, so now's a good the time for local companies to find out more about the industry and see if they could become involved in the supply chain."

Companies interested in attending the event at the BGS in Keyworth, Nottinghamshire should contact Kate Bacon at ccs@uktieventsteam.co.uk or ring 0115 9475666.