Mr. Marc De Witte - PolSCA

CONCLUSIONS► CCS is promising technology to contribute to combat climate change► GDF SUEZ will continue its efforts in R&D and pilot projects in order toassess and improve technical and economic feasibility of CCS, and inparticular to lower energy penalty► Demo projects are necessary to test technologies at industrial scale: GDFSUEZ welcomes EU and MS initiatives and is assessing at present itspossibilities to participate in demo program► GDF SUEZ is committed to assess feasibility of CCS for its new fossilfuels fired power plants and to take adequate measures (capturereadiness) if appropriateIndustry is willing to develop and implement CCS as acritical carbon mitigation technology if all requirementsare fulfilled15