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New fossil fuel burning power plants should be built so that carbon capture and storage technology can be fitted at a later date, according to the Scottish government.
It is running a consultation on the requirement for new plants that generate more than 300 megawatts to be designed so that in the future they can be equipped with CCS technology.
CCS removes carbon from industrial processes and then stores it, with existing models envisaging liquefying the carbon dioxide and pumping it into saline aquifers or abandoned oil and gas fields.
Energy minister Jim Mather said: "Energy policy is central to increasing sustainable economic growth and to tackling climate change. Our energy supply accounts for over a third of our greenhouse gases and reducing those emissions will be crucial to meet our ambitious climate change targets.
"Carbon capture and storage has the potential to cut emissions from fossil fuels by 90 per cent. Any investment designed to last 30 years or more will need to be compatible with our climate change targets."
Scottish Power, E.On and Peel Power are vying to be selected to build a CCS demonstration plant in the UK.
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