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National Grid awards crucial CCS pipeline contract
August 1, 2014
National Grid awards crucial CCS pipeline contract
The UK’s nascent carbon capture and storage (CCS) industry has taken another step forward, after National Grid confirmed it has awarded a development contract for its planned pipeline to link the White Rose demonstration project in Yorkshire with a storage site under the North Sea.
The pipeline is expected to have the capacity to transport up to 17 million tons of CO2 a year, with the White Rose project requiring about two million tons. The extra capacity is being included in the design as it is hoped that the North East can establish itself as a CCS hub with a host of power stations and industrial sites in the region eventually making use of the pipeline and storage network.
Read more at Business Green.
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