The UK government has set lofty goals to become a world leader in carbon capture and storage (CCS). The Keadby 3 Carbon Capture Power Station will play a key role in accomplishing this, with the capacity to capture up to 1.5 MT of CO2 annually, roughly four times that of the Brevik CCS. According to a recent socio-economic analysis, the factory could generate £1.2 billion for the UK economy, with major benefits for the surrounding area.
The SSE Thermal and Equinor have chosen a consortium of Aker Solutions, Siemens Energy, and Doosan Babcock to create the breakthrough Keadby 3 Carbon Carbon Capture Power Station, with Aker Carbon Capture as the carbon capture provider. The FEED contract for the gas-to-power plant with carbon capture technology, to be developed in the Humber region, has been granted to the consortium. Aker Carbon Capture and the consortium have reached an agreement on the most important aspects, and a signing of the formal agreement is expected to happen in the near future.
SSE Thermal’s Managing Director, Catherine Raw, stated that “Our ambition with Keadby 3 is to deliver one of the UK’s first power stations equipped with carbon capture and through awarding this contract we continue to build momentum behind that goal.”
Raw went on to say that the plant would help back up renewable energies, and would help the region achieve its decarbonization targets. She believes that Keadby could be the first in a new series of CCS projects that would help the UK reach net zero emissions.
Over the next 12 months, the consortium will deliver a detailed plan for the proposed plant – with a generating capacity of up to 910MW – in collaboration with Aker Carbon Capture. Aker brings their extensive technological expertise to bear on the realization of the decarbonized power station in the Track-1 East Coast Cluster. Siemens Energy’s cutting-edge gas turbine technology will also be used at the Keadby 3 Carbon Capture Power Station.
Valborg Lundegaard, Chief Executive Officer at Aker Carbon Capture expressed his happiness and support for the project, saying, “We are delighted to be an essential part of such an important project with our field-proven carbon capture technology,”.
Lundegaard went on in his statement to say, “We support SSE Thermal’s strategy to deliver solutions to provide the energy needed today while building a better world of energy for tomorrow”.
Lundegaard concluded his statement by articulating that the project is key to strengthening British energy security, and that it will greatly improve with decarbonization in the UK.
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