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Capturing carbon, tackling climate change: A vision for a CCS cluster in the South East

4th April 2009

Topic(s): Carbon capture use and storage (CCUS)

The review recommends that the collected CO2 is combined into a pipework network that links the area to depleted gas fields, such as the Hewett Field. There is sufficient storage to absorb over 60 years of CO2 emissions from the Thames Cluster. There is additional storage available in other gas and oil fields and further storage in aquifers.

It is most cost effective to start a CCS cluster by capturing CO2 from the largest emitters first. These provide the flow rates to justify a pipeline network. In the area of the Thames Estuary there are eight sites (seven power plants and a refinery) which each emit over 1 million tonnes (Mt) of CO2 per year. The potential for a CCS cluster from these sites combined is around 28 Mt CO2 annually.

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