British power group Drax has announced that it would stop investments in the White Rose CCS project in the United Kingdom after the completion of the feasibility and technology development project (FEED) currently under way and that it would withdraw from the Capture Power partnership.
Capture Power was created by Drax, Alstom and BOC (industrial gas supplier) to develop the White Rose CCS project, consisting of a new clean coal power plant of up to 450 MW equipped with full CCS technology, on the site of Drax’s coal-fired power station, near Selby. The CCS project would capture about 90% of total CO2 emissions (around 2 MtCO2/year) and inject them beneath the North Sea. The project is due to conclude during the next 6-12 months.
Drax cited adverse financial and regulatory environment to withdraw from the project. The group will continue to make its site and related infrastructure at the power plant available for the project to be built.
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