SSE Thermal and Equinor have underlined their commitment to net zero by formally submitting two low-carbon projects into the Government’s Cluster Sequencing Process. Together with Equinor, SSE Thermal is planning to develop two new power stations equipped with carbon capture technology to remove CO2 from their emissions – one at Keadby in the Humber region and one at Peterhead in the north-east of Scotland.Keadby 3 Carbon Capture Power Station would plug into the shared pipelines being developed through the Zero Carbon Humber and East Coast Cluster partnerships, with the CO2 stored under the Southern North Sea.Meanwhile, Peterhead Carbon Capture Power Station, on the Aberdeenshire Coast, would decarbonise Scotland’s only major thermal generation site with the captured emissions transported and stored using pipelines being developed by the Acorn Project.In total, the two low-carbon power stations at Keadby and Peterhead would capture up to three million tonnes of CO2 a year – 10 per cent of the UK Government’s 2030 target. They form part of SSE’s Net Zero Acceleration Programme and the submission represents significant progress on delivering SSE’s strategy.As part of its Ten Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution, the UK Government established a commitment to deploy carbon capture technology in two industrial clusters by the mid-2020s and two further clusters by 2030. In Phase 1 of the Cluster Sequencing Process, the UK Government announced the two ‘Track 1’ clusters which will be supported to develop vital carbon capture and storage infrastructure. The East Coast Cluster was named in ‘Track 1’, with the Scottish Cluster named as a reserve cluster. As part of Phase 2 of the process, the Government will consider individual emitter projects within the clusters. Projects selected in Phase 2 of the Cluster Sequencing Process will have the first opportunity to be considered to receive necessary support. A decision is expected around May 2022.
SSE Thermal and Equinor have underlined their commitment to net zero by formally submitting two low-carbon projects into the Government’s Cluster Sequencing Process. Together with Equinor, SSE Thermal is planning to develop two new power stations equipped with carbon capture technology to remove CO2 from their emissions – one at Keadby in the Humber region and one at Peterhead in the north-east of Scotland.Keadby 3 Carbon Capture Power Station would plug into the shared pipelines being developed through the Zero Carbon Humber and East Coast Cluster partnerships, with the CO2 stored under the Southern North Sea.Meanwhile, Peterhead Carbon Capture Power Station, on the Aberdeenshire Coast, would decarbonise Scotland’s only major thermal generation site with the captured emissions transported and stored using pipelines being developed by the Acorn Project.In total, the two low-carbon power stations at Keadby and Peterhead would capture up to three million tonnes of CO2 a year – 10 per cent of the UK Government’s 2030 target. They form part of SSE’s Net Zero Acceleration Programme and the submission represents significant progress on delivering SSE’s strategy.As part of its Ten Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution, the UK Government established a commitment to deploy carbon capture technology in two industrial clusters by the mid-2020s and two further clusters by 2030. In Phase 1 of the Cluster Sequencing Process, the UK Government announced the two ‘Track 1’ clusters which will be supported to develop vital carbon capture and storage infrastructure. The East Coast Cluster was named in ‘Track 1’, with the Scottish Cluster named as a reserve cluster. As part of Phase 2 of the process, the Government will consider individual emitter projects within the clusters. Projects selected in Phase 2 of the Cluster Sequencing Process will have the first opportunity to be considered to receive necessary support. A decision is expected around May 2022.
