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To reach a net zero carbon economy by 2050, which the government has agreed is necessary to avoid the worst impacts of the climate crisis, a range of greenhouse gas removal (GGR) options need to be rapidly deployed and scaled up in the UK and globally. [...] There are still uncertainties about these technologies which are being investigated in pilot facilities and field trials, including the best way to measure and validate how the carbon is removed and stored, and the wider impacts they might have on the environment. [...] The technical potential of this technology to remove and store CO2 is enormous, with the only real limits being the speed at which processing plants can be built and the availability of renewable electricity to power them. [...] The range of scalable and permanent carbon removal and storage options available to the UK mean that power BECCS is increasingly unlikely to be required to meet the government’s GGR goals. [...] Targeted government support to bring them rapidly to the same readiness as BECCS would provide more diversity of options for the country to achieve net zero in the most sustainable and cost effective way.