Carbon capture
Shell and National Grid have joined Scottish Power’s carbon capture and storage (CCS) consortium, which aims to develop Britain’s first commercial CCS system at Longannet coal-fired power station by 2014.
The companies join Norwegian CO2 removal specialists Aker Clean Carbon in the consortium.
A prototype CCS system has already been put into operation at Longannet in Fife, Scotland.
Developed by Aker Clean Carbon, the prototype is said to be an exact, small-scale replica of a full-scale carbon-capture plant, allowing Scottish Power to test the chemistry involved in capturing CO2 from power station flue gases.
The prototype unit, which became operational in May 2009, weighs 30 tonnes and covers an area of 85m2. It will be able to process 1,000m3 of exhaust gas per hour from Longannet.
Shell is already taking part in demonstration projects to capture and geologically store CO2. National Grid is the owner and operator of the UK’s gas-pipeline system and has expertise in high-pressure pipelines.
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