This European Commission staff working document published on July 12, 2012, takes stock of the state of play of the first call for proposals under the EU´s NER300 funding programme, one of the world´s largest funding programmes for innovative low carbon energy commercial demonstration projects and a key component of the EU´s strategy to tackle climate change. The document also highlights the importance of the NER300 funding programme as one of the EU´s major policy initiatives to stimulate low-carbon growth and employment across the EU. Specifically, the document ranks the current CCS projects that have applied for NER300 funding, including two reserve list projects.