Viking CCS to transport RWE’s CO2

Viking CCS, Harbor Energy’s CO2 transport and storage network, is partnered with RWE.

A decarbonation solution

Viking CCS, UK’s Harbour Energy will perform CO2 transport from RWE power plants The partnership will explore CCS opportunities at RWE power plants. The German company sees carbon capture as a viable solution for providing decarbonized power plants.

Projects under development include technology upgrades and carbon capture at Staythorpe CCGT. The 1.7GW site is located near Newark. A new Class H CCGT is located on a site owned by RWE on the Humber.

Reconversion of a site

The partnership could lead to the transport and storage of CO2 captured from these sites. The captured CO2 will be transported to the site of the former Theddlethorpe gas terminal. It would then travel 140 kilometers to Harbor Energy’s depleted Viking gas fields in the North Sea.

This storage at 9,000 feet below the seabed allows for safe, permanent storage. Steve Cox, EVP HSES, Net Zero and CCS, Harbour Energy, says:

“The involvement of RWE, one of the UK’s largest power producers, in the Viking CCS network reinforces the UK’s global leadership in terms of carbon capture transformational power and storage space. We look forward to working together to make a nationally significant contribution to the UK’s CO2 emissions reduction targets, while creating and preserving low-carbon jobs and maintaining vital but hard to decarbonize industries in the Humber and surrounding areas.”

For RWE becomes a hub for decarbonization.