Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Foster Wheeler Energy were selected as a project team by the company to lead the development and engineering of the carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology. The CCS technology enables 90% of carbon emissions to be captured from its proposed new coal units at Kingsnorth in Kent.
Dr Paul Golby, Chief Executive of E.ON UK, said: The Government has shown clear support for the development of cleaner coal with carbon capture and storage so we’re keen to push forward with as much of the engineering work as possible in order to ensure the capture plant is designed to completely integrate with the proposed new units, in line with the consultation.
We’ve already made a commitment to fit capture technology to the proposed new units at Kingsnorth, dependent upon the outcome of the consultation, but that of course also relies upon us being granted approval to go ahead with the project.
This consultation will determine the role that carbon capture and storage will play in decarbonising the UK and, perhaps more importantly, will be crucial on tackling global climate change because, quite simply, without CCS, it’s game over.
The company, during the consultation process, would focus on issues, such as the funding mechanism for fitting CCS, the conditions of a new-build coal project and the framework for associated CCS infrastructure.
