SSE has entered into a joint development agreement with Shell in relation to the ...

SSE has entered into a joint development agreement with Shell in relation to the proposed carbon capture and storage (CCS) project at SSE’s gas-fired power station in Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, UK. The agreement will enable the project to accelerate a programme of pre-FEED (front-end engineering design) studies, with the intention that the project will be in a position to begin a full FEED study in 2H2012, subject to progress with funding proposals submitted under the European Union’s NER300 process and developments in the UK’s CCS demonstration programme. The project aims to design and develop a full chain, post-combustion CCS facility which will be capable of capturing carbon dioxide (CO2) from one 385-MW combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) unit at SSE’s Peterhead power station. It is planned that the CO2 will then be transported to the Shell-operated Goldeneye gas field in the North Sea using, as far as possible, existing infrastructure SSE will lead on all aspects of the capture plant at Peterhead, including initial compression and dehydration; with Shell examining all other aspects, including onshore and offshore transportation and storage.