Clean coal competition
March 22, 2010
E.ON and ScottishPower have received funding for design and development studies as part of the competition to build one of the world's first commercial-scale carbon capture and storage (CCS) demonstration plants.
These studies involve detailed engineering and design work and will be completed within 12 months, after which the final competition winner will be selected.
This is one of the first set of studies of end-to-end commercial scale CCS on coal-powered plant in the world and will be used by project developers to examine and refine initial plans and reduce technical risk, so that more detailed project plans can be drawn up and costed.
Energy and Climate Change Secretary Ed Miliband explained: “These two promising projects are at the forefront of the UK's efforts to build one of the first commercial-scale clean coal plants in the world.”
CCS is the only technology that tackles carbon emissions from fossil fuel power stations, he went on, and, given the world's dependence on coal, is a vital technology to securing the world's future energy needs and tackling climate change.
The UK has the world's most ambitious commitments on coal generation and CCS. A Bill currently being considered by Parliament introduces a first-of-a-kind levy to support four CCS demonstrations. The Government will launch a competitive process for the three other projects by the end of 2010, provided the levy is agreed.
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