operations to support intermittent renewables, a role highlighted in the UK government’s ‘Clean Power 2030 Action Plan’ [12]
. Full details are still
to be published, but preliminary descriptions suggest that the following features have been implemented [13]
: Visualisation of Net Zero Teesside Power, CCGT with CCS. Source: East Coast Cluster
to it, can be shared. Having multiple potential CO2
sources in the onshore cluster area also keeps the overall cluster viable, even if changes in circumstance mean individual plants are no longer available. And the adoption in 2019 of a net zero target for 2050 made it obvious that all sources of CO2
.
Now, after a great deal of hard work by DESNZ, industry, regulators and other UK CCS stakeholders, assisted by government funding of £170 million for the Industrial Decarbonisation Challenge studies on projects and clusters [3]
where two ‘Track 1’ CO2
, we have arrived at the point transport and storage
systems have been selected for early funding [4]
, one in the North West running from the Merseyside/Deeside region into the Irish Sea (the Liverpool Bay CO2
, part of the HyNet cluster) and the other running from Teesside into the North Sea (Northern Endurance Partnership [6] of the East Coast Cluster).
Project [5] , part Transport and Storage
Three capture projects to provide initial CO2 for the pipelines will also get early funding, for a
emissions, and not just power plants, will need CCS if they are to continue to operate [2]
total subsidy over 25 years of nearly £22 billion: the Net Zero Teesside Power (NZT Power) gas fuelled CCGT power plant on Teesside, with amine post-combustion capture using a proprietary Shell Cansolv solvent [7]
;
the Protos Energy Recovery Facility on south Merseyside, with an amine post-combustion capture system thought to be using non- proprietary MEA [7]
; the EET Hydrogen project [8] on south
Merseyside, which is using a proprietary Johnson Matthey gas reforming technology [9] The final investment decision for the Teesside
; at the time of writing FID decisions for the Merseyside/Deeside projects are still pending. The NZT new-build CCGT power plant with CCS will be of particular interest for Modern Power Systems readers. This is supported by a ‘Dispatchable Power Agreement’ [11] designed to cover the costs of variable
projects was announced on 10 December [10]
.
The GE-Vernova 9HA02 gas turbine runs with a high enough back pressure to overcome the flue gas pressure drop in the post-combustion capture plant without the need for an extra fan. A PCC plant bypass stack on the HRSG is retained, sealed by a damper when not in use. Partial flue gas recirculation is used to raise the CO2
level in the flue gas going to the absorber. Steam to regenerate the amine solvent is extracted after partial expansion in the power plant steam turbine to minimise the energy penalty.
With the initial direction for CCS deployment now firmly established the sector is obviously looking for follow-on UK activities to maintain momentum. These include both additional ‘Track 2’ transport and storage clusters and capture projects on
Humberside and in Scotland plus more CO2 capture projects on Teesside and in the North West (and further afield, using ship and rail liquid CO2
.
transport to receiving facilities in the clusters) to use the extra capacity in the pipelines [14]
Early and detailed dissemination of learnings from the initial projects will be an important factor for reducing the costs for these future UK projects – and also for progressing CCS more widely to help achieve the global emissions reductions needed to tackle climate change [15]
. , specifically
Despite the long build-up period – and in some ways because of it – UK CCS activities are still at the leading edge in many respects.
Links
the-2020s/
2.
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-becomes-
3.
https://www.ukri.org/what-we-do/browse-our-areas-of- investment-and-support/industrial-decarbonisation/
4.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy4301n3771o
5.
https://www.eni.com/en-IT/media/press- release/2024/10/eni-secures-uk-government-funding-
for-liverpool-bay-co2-transport.html
Protos Energy Recovery Facility under construction. Source: Encyclis/Biffa
6.
https://www.quintessa.org/latest-news/quintessa- provides-further-support-to-the-northern-endurance- partnership
amine-selection-uks-track-1-cluster-jon-gibbins-mj5be
8.
https://www.essar.com/inthenews/essar-energy- transition-eet-welcomes-government-backing-of-hpp1- project-part-of-hynet/
9.
https://matthey.com/products-and-markets/energy/ hydrogen/ccs-enabled-blue-hydrogen
10.
https://www.equinor.com/news/20241210-approve-
11.
https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/ carbon-capture-usage-and-storage-ccus-dispatchable- power-agreement-business-model
12.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/clean- power-2030-action-plan
13.
https://www.gevernova.com/gas-power/resources/ case-studies/net-zero-teesside
14.
https://www.ukri.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/ IUK-UKRI-181224-OpergyLtd-CCSSupplyChainPlan.pdf
Stanlow Refinery, location of EET Hydrogen project. Source: EET Fuels
15.
https://ukccsrc.ac.uk/ukccsrc-workshop-lessons- amine-post-combustion-projects-sept-2024/
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