Carbon Capture and Sequestration via CCS Clusters
Carbon Capture and Sequestration via CCS Clusters
E.ON has submitted environmental scoping reports outlining the company's plans for a CO2 pipeline for its proposed Kingsnorth cleaner coal-fired power station.
The plans are part of a vision for Kingsnorth to be the gateway to CCS development in the UK, enabling the future development of a ‘CCS Cluster' in the South East.
The scoping reports outline the steps the company will take towards developing final plans for the pipeline, which will go across the Hoo Peninsula and then be placed in a trench on the seabed taking it to the depleted North Sea gas fields which will be used for storage.
The pipeline would have sufficient capacity in the long term to allow a ‘Thames Cluster' of carbon capture projects to be developed, transporting 24 million tonnes of CO2 each year to storage sites under the North Sea. This equates to the emissions from around two supercritical Kingsnorth-sized coal-fired power stations and three Grain-sized gas-fired CHP power stations.
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Labels: Kingsnorth power station-CCS Cluster
http://pressreleases.eon-uk.com/blogs//eonukpressreleases/archive/2010/03/12/1504.aspx
E.ON has submitted environmental scoping reports outlining the company's plans for a CO2 pipeline for its proposed Kingsnorth cleaner coal-fired power station.
The plans are part of a vision for Kingsnorth to be the gateway to CCS development in the UK, enabling the future development of a ‘CCS Cluster' in the South East.
The scoping reports outline the steps the company will take towards developing final plans for the pipeline, which will go across the Hoo Peninsula and then be placed in a trench on the seabed taking it to the depleted North Sea gas fields which will be used for storage.
The pipeline would have sufficient capacity in the long term to allow a ‘Thames Cluster' of carbon capture projects to be developed, transporting 24 million tonnes of CO2 each year to storage sites under the North Sea. This equates to the emissions from around two supercritical Kingsnorth-sized coal-fired power stations and three Grain-sized gas-fired CHP power stations.
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Labels: Kingsnorth power station-CCS Cluster
http://pressreleases.eon-uk.com/blogs//eonukpressreleases/archive/2010/03/12/1504.aspx
Labels: Carbon Capture and Sequestration via CCS Clusters, Kingsnorth
posted by powerplantccs at
7:13 PM
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The pipeline would be big enough to transport the carbon emissions of two Kingsnorth type power plants and three smaller CHP plants. It allows a cluster of carbon capture and storage projects to be developed in the same area.
The government is on the brink of announcing new funding support to help E.ON and ScottishPower create more detailed plans for scaling up their CCS pilot projects. http://bit.ly/thGEE
This is excellent news for the development of clean coal as it does hard on the heels of the announcement about scoping application for the Kingsnorth CO2 pipeline. http://bit.ly/9M2CNq
The long game with CCS is not just about Kingsnorth, it's about a worldwide battle against climate change.
The controversial Kingsnorth coal-fired plant in Kent could become the hub of a carbon capture and storage pipeline network.
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