White Rose CCS Project (formerly UK Oxy CCS Demonstration)

Location: North Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Proponents: Alstom UK Limited, Drax Power Limited and National Grid plc

Technical aspects

• New 426 MWe super-critical coal-based power plant.
• Around 2 million tonnes per annum of carbon dioxide (CO₂) would be captured using Alstom's oxyfuel combustion technology.
• The CO₂ would be transported to an offshore storage site in the Southern North Sea via a common user pipeline infrastructure.
• Offshore deep saline formations are being primarily investigated, while the use of CO₂ for enhanced oil or gas recovery is also envisaged as a secondary option.

Key Deliverables

• Preliminary screening studies for the project were conducted in the fourth quarter of 2009.
• Front-end engineering design (FEED) studies started in March 2010.
• The project is expected to be operational in 2016.

This project is being developed as part of the Humber CCS Cluster concept promoted by the regional development agency Yorkshire Forward. National Grid will develop a transportation network to transport the CO₂ for storage in depleted gas fields in the North Sea.

In February 2011, the proponents lodged a formal application with the United Kingdom’s Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) for funding under the European Commission’s NER300 program.