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LONDON, Dec 8 (Reuters) – The Keadby 3 Carbon Capture Power Station in northern England has become the UK’s first carbon capture and storage (CCS) project to receive planning permission.
The project is backed by Britain’s SSE Thermal, part of SSE ( SSE.L ), and Norwegian energy company Equinor ( EQNR.OL ).
SSE said in a statement on its website on Thursday that the proposed plant in north Lincolnshire had received a development consent order following extensive consultation.
Keadby 3 will have a production capacity of up to 910 megawatts (MW) and can capture one and a half million tonnes of CO2 a year, representing at least 5% of the UK government’s 2030 target, according to SSE.
The power station may become operational as early as 2027.
“This news is an important milestone in our joint ambition to deliver clean, flexible and efficient power to support intermittent renewable generation and maintain security of supply,” said Great Twit, Senior Vice President for Low Carbon Solutions at Equinor.
SSE Thermal and Equinor are also collaborating to build the Peterhead Carbon Capture Power Station in the northeast of Scotland. They are also developing Kidby Hydrogen Power Station and Aldbro Hydrogen Storage.
Reported by Bozorgmehr Sharafedin; Editing by Jason Neely and Susan Fenton
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