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policy instrument
Carbon Dioxide Storage Act
Jurisdiction countryAustria
Instrument typepermitting-regulatory
Authoritygovernment
PathwaysBioenergy with carbon capture and storage
Scopecarbon removal and point-source capture
Statusconsultation
DetailDraft bill advanced by the Austrian federal government to reverse the 2011 ban on geological CO2 storage, explicitly designed to open the country to large-scale CCS and in particular attract BECCS developers. Geological storage would be permitted primarily for unavoidable residual emissions from hard-to-abate sectors such as cement, steel, paper and ceramics, subject to strict annual limits; the d
Stated statusconsultation
Pathway scopespecific
Pathway noteexplicitly designed to open the country to large-scale CCS and in particular attract BECCS developers, with storage primarily for hard-to-abate residual emissions
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