White Rose CCS project applies for NER300 funding (UK)

Capture Power, the developer of the White Rose Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Project, has welcomed the submission of its application for funding under the second call of the European NER300 programme by the UK Government. The targeted funding has the potential to provide critical additional revenue during the operational phase of White Rose as carbon dioxide (CO₂) is safely and permanently stored. Capture Power is a consortium set up by Alstom, Drax and BOC to develop White Rose, in close co-operation with National Grid, who will provide the CO₂ transportation and storage infrastructure.

White Rose is scheduled to form the anchor project for the development of National Grid’s regional CO₂ transport and storage infrastructure with the potential to provide attractive carbon solutions for a variety of energy intensive industries. Located on land adjacent to the existing Drax Power Station, near Selby in North Yorkshire, the 426 MW new build power plant will burn coal with the potential to co-fire sustainable biomass and meet the equivalent power needs of over 630,000 homes. Fully equipped with CCS technology from the outset, 90% of all the CO₂ produced by the plant will be captured and transported by pipeline for permanent storage deep beneath the North Sea seabed.