Costain has been selected by Net Zero Teesside Power (NZT Power) and the Northern Endurance Partnership (NEP) as a specialist partner for a £4bn carbon capture project
Costain will oversee and manage the engineering procurement and construction of the onshore CO2 gathering system and associated utilities serving the East Coast Cluster at the Teeside carbon capture project.
NZT Power could generate up to 860 megawatts of flexible, low-carbon power equivalent to the average electricity requirements of around 1.3m UK homes.
Up to 2m tonnes of CO2 per year will be captured at the plant
Up to 2m tonnes of CO2 per year would be captured at the plant, and then transported and securely stored by the NEP in subsea storage sites beneath the North Sea.
NEP, a collaboration between bp, Equinor, and TotalEnergies, handles CO2 transportation and storage for the East Coast Cluster (ECC).
Its Teesside infrastructure will support carbon capture projects like NZT Power and H2Teesside, which DESNZ is slated to connect to ECC in March 2023. Around 4 million tonnes of CO2 per year from these projects are expected to be transported and stored from 2027.
Improving critical infrastructure in the North-East of England
Sam White, managing director for natural resources at Costain, said: “This award is a testament to Costain’s position as a leading infrastructure solutions provider for the UK’s energy transition goals.
“Having completed delivery of the FEED stage, we continue to support bp as it progresses the wider decarbonisation of the local energy supply and pursues innovative carbon capture and storage solutions.
“We are committed to improving critical infrastructure in the North-East of England and we are creating jobs and developing skills across the region. This includes delivering major upgrades to the region’s highways, as well as our recent AMP8 award with Northumbrian Water Group to upgrade both its wastewater and water treatment infrastructure that will improve people’s lives while safeguarding the environment.”
NEP’s CO2 pipelines link carbon-intensive projects to offshore storage
Chris Daykin, general manager of Northern Endurance Partnership, added: “The selection of contractors is a clear signal of momentum within the East Coast Cluster. The Northern Endurance Partnership’s CO2 pipelines are essential to connecting carbon-intensive projects to offshore storage and would play an important role in helping the region pursue its net zero plan.”
The contracts are all subject to the receipt of regulatory clearances and final investment decisions (FID) being taken in September 2024 or earlier. Following FID, the projects would be aiming for commercial operations from 2027.
