SSE Thermal and Equinor are developing what could become Scotland’s first flexible power station equipped with carbon capture technology and have appointed a consortium to deliver the Front End Engineering Design contract. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Group, Worley and Técnicas Reunidas will deliver a detailed plan for Peterhead Carbon Capture Power Station, which would have a generating capacity of up to 910MW. The station would connect into the Scottish Cluster’s CO2 transport and storage infrastructure, which underpins plans to deliver one of the UK’s first low-carbon industrial clusters.The current Peterhead Power Station plays an essential role in keeping the lights on and is crucial to Scotland’s electricity system. There is a clear need, however, to decarbonise power generation and the proposed Peterhead Carbon Capture Power Station represents this next phase of society’s energy transition – helping to meet net zero targets in Scotland and the UK, while providing flexible back-up to Scotland’s growing renewables sector and bolstering security of supply.A S36 planning application for the project was submitted to the Scottish Government’s Energy Consents Unit in March of this year.
SSE Thermal and Equinor are developing what could become Scotland’s first flexible power station equipped with carbon capture technology and have appointed a consortium to deliver the Front End Engineering Design contract. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Group, Worley and Técnicas Reunidas will deliver a detailed plan for Peterhead Carbon Capture Power Station, which would have a generating capacity of up to 910MW. The station would connect into the Scottish Cluster’s CO2 transport and storage infrastructure, which underpins plans to deliver one of the UK’s first low-carbon industrial clusters.The current Peterhead Power Station plays an essential role in keeping the lights on and is crucial to Scotland’s electricity system. There is a clear need, however, to decarbonise power generation and the proposed Peterhead Carbon Capture Power Station represents this next phase of society’s energy transition – helping to meet net zero targets in Scotland and the UK, while providing flexible back-up to Scotland’s growing renewables sector and bolstering security of supply.A S36 planning application for the project was submitted to the Scottish Government’s Energy Consents Unit in March of this year.
