In 2015 gases will be stored under the North Sea, in depleted gas and oil fields. For the first time 37,5 million euros of a carbon abatement funding plan is reserved for sequestration projects. The project will run 3 to 4 years and substitutes the previous cleaner coal programme.

Extra money is also promised to go to hydrogen and fuel cell demonstration projects, and for the stimulation of demonstration projects for cleaner electricity generation from coal and gas.