SSE Thermal and Equinor’s Keadby 3 Carbon Capture Power Station in the Humber has become the first power CCS project in the UK to receive planning permission. The proposed plant in North Lincolnshire has received a Development Consent Order following an extensive period of consultation, with the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy granting permission after a recommendation from the Planning Inspectorate. It is the latest milestone achieved by the project and marks a major step forward for Keadby 3, which is currently in the due diligence stage of the UK Government’s Cluster Sequencing Process. This process will give the project the opportunity to receive government support, allowing it to deploy cutting edge carbon capture technology and to connect to the shared CO2 and hydrogen pipelines being developed as part of the Zero Carbon Humber and East Coast Cluster proposals. Keadby 3 would have a generating capacity of up to 910MW and capture up to one and a half million tonnes of CO2 a year, which represents at least five per cent of the UK Government’s 2030 target. The low-carbon flexible power station could be operational as early as 2027, assuming success in the UK Government’s Cluster Sequencing Process leading to a Final Investment Decision. Earlier this year, SSE Thermal and Equinor awarded a Front End Engineering Design contract for the proposed plant to a consortium comprising Aker Solutions, Siemens Energy and Altrad Babcock, with Aker Carbon Capture supporting on the carbon capture technology.
SSE Thermal and Equinor’s Keadby 3 Carbon Capture Power Station in the Humber has become the first power CCS project in the UK to receive planning permission. The proposed plant in North Lincolnshire has received a Development Consent Order following an extensive period of consultation, with the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy granting permission after a recommendation from the Planning Inspectorate. It is the latest milestone achieved by the project and marks a major step forward for Keadby 3, which is currently in the due diligence stage of the UK Government’s Cluster Sequencing Process. This process will give the project the opportunity to receive government support, allowing it to deploy cutting edge carbon capture technology and to connect to the shared CO2 and hydrogen pipelines being developed as part of the Zero Carbon Humber and East Coast Cluster proposals. Keadby 3 would have a generating capacity of up to 910MW and capture up to one and a half million tonnes of CO2 a year, which represents at least five per cent of the UK Government’s 2030 target. The low-carbon flexible power station could be operational as early as 2027, assuming success in the UK Government’s Cluster Sequencing Process leading to a Final Investment Decision. Earlier this year, SSE Thermal and Equinor awarded a Front End Engineering Design contract for the proposed plant to a consortium comprising Aker Solutions, Siemens Energy and Altrad Babcock, with Aker Carbon Capture supporting on the carbon capture technology.
