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RWE npower – Blyth post-combustion project

av Audun Rødningsby — sist endret 09.11.2009 - 16:06

Brief description:

RWE npower – Blyth post-combustion project: Project type:
C a p t u r e a n d S t o r a g e
Scale:
Large
Status:
Feasability study
Year of operation:
2014
Industry:
Coal Power Plant

Read more; Capture Method:
Post-combustion
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Facts:

Country:

United Kingdom

Project type: C a p t u r e a n d S t o r a g e

Scale: Large

Status: Feasability study

Year of operation 2014

Industry: Coal Power Plant

MW capacity:

2400

Capture method: Post-combustion

Type of storage:

Not decided

This is a feasibility study by RWE npower to build a 2400 MW supercritical clean coal power station on the site of the former Blyth Power Station. The new station would save over 3 million tones of carbon dioxide per year with facilities to burn carbon neutral fuels such as biomass at a later date. The power station would also be built carbon capture ready (post-combustion).

In an environmental “scoping document” submitted to DTI (now DECC) the company outlined proposals for a new power station consisting of three 800 MW, high-efficiency supercritical coal-fired units. The proposed station would be extremely efficient, reducing CO2 emissions by over 22% per unit of electricity generated compared to existing power stations of same size. The unit could be operational in 2014 and would provide electricity for up to 3.5 million homes.

The units would be developed to include facilities for burning up to 10% biomass to further reduced emissions.

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