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Carbon sequestration and storage

This involves removing carbon emissions from the air and storing it securely for a long period.

Examples: Carbon dioxide can be captured and stored by forests and oceans.  (See ‘Carbon Sinks’)

 

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Biofuels

Biomass

Blue hydrogen

Building Energy Rating (BER)

Built environment

Carbon Dioxide/ CO2

Carbon emissions

Carbon footprint

Climate

Climate Action Plan

Climate change

Decarbonisation

District heating

Electricity interconnector

Emissions

Energy

Energy Efficiency

F-gases or fluorinated gases

Fossil fuels

Fracking

Green hydrogen

Greenhouse Gas Emissions / GHGs

Heat pumps

Liquefied natural gas / LNG

Microgeneration

MTCO2EQ

National Energy and Climate Plan

National Retrofit Plan

Offshore renewable energy

Renewable Electricity Support Scheme (RESS)

Renewable energy

Retrofitting (energy retrofitting)

Smoky coal

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