Two major international engineering companies have been appointed by RWE to help deliver its proposed new Humber Bank power station.
Technip Energies and Bechtel will deliver studies on what has been named the Stallingborough Carbon Capture Combined Cycle Gas Turbine plant.
First revealed late last year, with a progression decision made by the German energy giant last month, it would link in with the Viking CCS project aimed at cleaning up the existing power and refining cluster, while also providing import facilities for CO2 at Port of Immingham.
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The new plant would have a capacity of 800MW, providing the ability to power one million homes.
Technip Energies and its partner GE Gas Power will develop pre-front-end engineering and design studies for the proposed plant, with a fully integrated carbon capture and storage facility. Bechtel will also follow a similar scope to investigate alternative technology choices.
The company said they will address the challenges, benefits, economics, and optimal technical solutions when integrating a carbon capture facility with cutting-edge power station design.
The pre-FEED work is expected to complete later this year and will form part of the feasibility assessment, with a view to entering the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero’s Track Two Phase Two cluster sequencing process.
Fiona Auty, RWE Generation’s head of technology development, said: “These contracts are the first of a series of awards we will be making as part of our commitment to developing carbon capture options in the UK. They follow on the heels of the announcement in May of RWE’s ambition to develop three carbon capture projects in the UK.
“In order to support the UK’s transition towards a net zero power sector, support security of supply and enable large scale industrial decarbonisation, it is important that clean gas generation projects are developed. We look forward to the results ahead of our submission into Track Two Phase Two cluster sequencing.”
The Viking proposal, from Harbour Energy, has been highlighted as a leading project in Track Two.
Bechtel is already working on the neighbouring Altalto Immingham green jet fuel refinery for Velocys, with Technip also a partner on Velocys’ E-Alto project, which could also emerge on the Humber bank. Technip is also working on VPI Immingam’s Humber Zero project, also set to connect to the same transportation and storage network.
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