White Rose Application for NER300 Funding

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.

On behalf of Capture Power, Leigh Hackett said: Were delighted that our application for NER300 funding has been supported by the UK Government and submitted to the European Commission for consideration. We continue to believe that White Rose, based on oxy-combustion technology, will demonstrate the importance of CCS-enabled power stations to the future energy mix of the United Kingdom through providing clean, reliable and affordable electricity.

White Rose is scheduled to form the anchor project for the development of National Grids regional CO2 transport and storage infrastructure with the potential to provide attractive carbon solutions for a variety of energy intensive industries. Such an infrastructure will help to secure the long-term industrial future of the Yorkshire and Humber region which emits 60 million tonnes of CO2 per year. According to CO2Sense, the not-for-profit low-carbon expert company, a regional CCS cluster could cut UK emissions by 19%.

Located on land adjacent to the existing Drax Power Station, near Selby in North Yorkshire, the 426MW 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.  

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 has already been selected as one of two preferred bidders for the UK CCS Commercialisation Programme.

Media Contacts
Jonathan Smith (Alstom UK)
Tel: +44 (0)1788 545602; email: jonathan.smith@alstom.com

Melanie Wedgbury (Drax)
Tel: +44 (0)1757 612933; email: melanie.wedgbury@draxpower.com

Susan Tyzack (BOC)
Tel: +44 (0)1483 244224; email: susan.tyzack@boc.com

Stephanie van Rosse (National Grid)
Tel: +44 (0)1455 231131 email: stephanie.van-rosse@nationalgrid.com