ETI seeks proposals for next generation technology for carbon capture from gas-fired power stations
16 September 2013
16th September 2013
The ETI is seeking organisations to take part in its multi-million pound project to accelerate the development of advanced carbon capture technologies for gas-fired power stations.
The ETI sees carbon capture and storage (CCS) as playing a crucial role in any future low carbon UK energy system, and recognises that both coal and gas-fired power generation will remain a core part of the UK generating mix for the foreseeable future.
The ETI launched a project last year (led by Inventys Thermal Technologies, in collaboration with Howden Group and Doosan Power Systems) to develop their advanced carbon capture technology for gas-fired power stations. After the initial phase of the work, the aim is to carry out the detailed design, construction and testing of a UK-based 5MW carbon capture demonstration plant capable of capturing up to 95% of carbon dioxide emissions.
The ETI’s role is to bring together engineering projects that accelerate the development of affordable, secure and sustainable technologies that help the UK address its long term emissions reductions targets as well as delivering nearer term benefits.
The purpose of today’s Request for Proposals (RfP) is to ensure that the best technology is selected through a process of open competition; hence today’s (Monday, 16 September) RfP is seeking responses from those with potentially breakthrough technologies whose development plans are sufficiently developed to move directly into the detailed design, construction and testing of a multi megawatt pilot/demonstration plant. Applicants will need to demonstrate that their technology has the potential to make a substantial reduction in capital and operating costs in the capture plant, and will be ready to catch the wave of CCS implementation in gas-fired power in the UK that is expected to occur during the 2020s and early 2030s.
The ETI will undertake detailed assessment of any proposal selected following the RfP response to confirm the projected benefits and readiness to undertake a project, in parallel with the results from the initial phase of the Inventys-led project, which is due for completion by the end of the year. The ETI will then decide whether it will invest up to £20m over three years in the detailed design, assembly and testing of a UK demonstrator plant.
Andrew Green, the ETI Programme Manager for CCS, said: “With CCS having the potential to play a key role in a future affordable, secure, low carbon UK energy system, it is important for there to be research into and investment now in a range of technologies to help build the economic viability and help extend the role of CCS in any future UK energy system design.
"We expect that by 2020, there will be 30GW of gas-fired power capacity, some of which will require retrofit or upgrade to include CCS by 2030 if we are to meet UK CO2 reduction targets. Newly developed technology which reduces costs and accelerates deployment by 2030 is therefore critical.”
Philip Sharman, the Chair of the Advanced Power Generation Technology Forum added: “The growing importance of gas in the UK's owner generation 'mix' necessitates the urgent development and deployment of CCS technology for the new gas-fired generating capacity that will come on stream in the next 10 years if the UK is to meet its climate change commitments. These technologies must also help to drive down the cost of CCS to enable cost reduction targets to be met. The Advanced Power Generation Technology Forum is delighted that the ETI has launched this Request for Proposals.”
The contribution of gas fired stations to the energy mix in the UK has grown and appears set to continue to grow rapidly over the next decade. Although work is now being undertaken on CCS technology demonstrations the UK effort has so far been largely focussed on coal.
Through CCS technology, fossil fuels can be economically used in an environmentally acceptable way to provide significant quantities of competitively priced energy on demand and so will be an important contribution to the energy mix in the future.
The deadline for the notification of an intention to submit a proposal for the project is 31 October. The closing date for final submissions is 28 November.
To view Andrew Green explain this announcement please click here.
The ETI is seeking organisations to take part in its multi-million pound project to accelerate the development of advanced carbon capture technologies for gas-fired power stations.
The ETI sees carbon capture and storage (CCS) as playing a crucial role in any future low carbon UK energy system, and recognises that both coal and gas-fired power generation will remain a core part of the UK generating mix for the foreseeable future.
The ETI launched a project last year (led by Inventys Thermal Technologies, in collaboration with Howden Group and Doosan Power Systems) to develop their advanced carbon capture technology for gas-fired power stations. After the initial phase of the work, the aim is to carry out the detailed design, construction and testing of a UK-based 5MW carbon capture demonstration plant capable of capturing up to 95% of carbon dioxide emissions.
The ETI’s role is to bring together engineering projects that accelerate the development of affordable, secure and sustainable technologies that help the UK address its long term emissions reductions targets as well as delivering nearer term benefits.
The purpose of today’s Request for Proposals (RfP) is to ensure that the best technology is selected through a process of open competition; hence today’s (Monday, 16 September) RfP is seeking responses from those with potentially breakthrough technologies whose development plans are sufficiently developed to move directly into the detailed design, construction and testing of a multi megawatt pilot/demonstration plant. Applicants will need to demonstrate that their technology has the potential to make a substantial reduction in capital and operating costs in the capture plant, and will be ready to catch the wave of CCS implementation in gas-fired power in the UK that is expected to occur during the 2020s and early 2030s.
The ETI will undertake detailed assessment of any proposal selected following the RfP response to confirm the projected benefits and readiness to undertake a project, in parallel with the results from the initial phase of the Inventys-led project, which is due for completion by the end of the year. The ETI will then decide whether it will invest up to £20m over three years in the detailed design, assembly and testing of a UK demonstrator plant.
Andrew Green, the ETI Programme Manager for CCS, said: “With CCS having the potential to play a key role in a future affordable, secure, low carbon UK energy system, it is important for there to be research into and investment now in a range of technologies to help build the economic viability and help extend the role of CCS in any future UK energy system design.
"We expect that by 2020, there will be 30GW of gas-fired power capacity, some of which will require retrofit or upgrade to include CCS by 2030 if we are to meet UK CO2 reduction targets. Newly developed technology which reduces costs and accelerates deployment by 2030 is therefore critical.”
Philip Sharman, the Chair of the Advanced Power Generation Technology Forum added: “The growing importance of gas in the UK's owner generation 'mix' necessitates the urgent development and deployment of CCS technology for the new gas-fired generating capacity that will come on stream in the next 10 years if the UK is to meet its climate change commitments. These technologies must also help to drive down the cost of CCS to enable cost reduction targets to be met. The Advanced Power Generation Technology Forum is delighted that the ETI has launched this Request for Proposals.”
The contribution of gas fired stations to the energy mix in the UK has grown and appears set to continue to grow rapidly over the next decade. Although work is now being undertaken on CCS technology demonstrations the UK effort has so far been largely focussed on coal.
Through CCS technology, fossil fuels can be economically used in an environmentally acceptable way to provide significant quantities of competitively priced energy on demand and so will be an important contribution to the energy mix in the future.
The deadline for the notification of an intention to submit a proposal for the project is 31 October. The closing date for final submissions is 28 November.
To view Andrew Green explain this announcement please click here.