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![Wind energy](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Wind_farm_pexels.jpg)
BGS responds to Government’s ambitious Ten Point Plan for net zero transition
BGS has welcomed the Government’s Ten Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution which highlights the importance of geology and the ongoing need to support essential geoscientific research that will underpin the UK’s long term energy transition.
![Power station © Chris Rochelle](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/power-station-960x645.jpg)
BGS study to investigate potential for CO2 storage testbed
A new study to be undertaken by the British Geological Survey (BGS), on behalf of the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), will scope out the potential for a deep borehole carbon dioxide (CO2) storage research testbed.
![Li-brine_SQM-Atacama,-Chile_feature](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Li-brine_SQM-Atacama-Chile_feature.jpg)
Critical raw materials
All minerals and metals used in manufacturing, including recycled material, have ultimately been mined from the Earth’s crust.
![power station at Ratcliffe-on-Soar](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/p542294_thumbnail.jpg)
Carbon capture and storage
The BGS is recognised as a European centre of excellence for the study of carbon dioxide storage. We have a dedicated team active in a number of research areas.
![Halite](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/feature_energy_storage.jpg)
Energy storage
BGS has a sustained track record of energy storage research, which will underpin future laboratory, field and GIS-based activities and commissions.
![Geomicrobiology laboratory](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/feature_Geomicrobiology.jpg)
Fluid and Rock Processes Laboratory Cluster
This cluster does research to identify, measure and quantify complex geological and environmental processes essential in the efficient utilisation of natural resources and underground spaces.
![limestone quarry](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Tunstead-2017_P1170882-960x497-1.jpg)
Mineral resource security and flows
We comprehensively monitor mineral production, trade flows and other relevant statistics within the UK to respond to the economy's demand for raw materials.