UK submits 12 energy projects for Euro4.5bn fund
11 May 2011
London – The UK government has submitted 12 UK-based projects to the European Investment Bank (EIB) for consideration in the next round of the EU’s New Entrant Reserve (NER) scheme.
The NER scheme has a Euro4.5-billion fund to support carbon capture and storage (CCS) and innovative renewable projects across the EU. Up to three projects may be supported per member state.
Seven applications are for CCS projects and five for renewable energy projects. Two CCS applications were withdrawn voluntarily by the project sponsors.
The EIB will now spend nine months performing ’due diligence’ on the applications submitted to it, checking their financial and technical deliverability.
After this the European Commission will verify the eligibility criteria assessment and re-confirm with EU member states the public funding contribution for recommended rrojects, before making its award decisions.
The seven CCS applications are:
Alstom Limited Consortium: oxyfuel new supercritical coal-fired power station on Drax site in North Yorkshire;
C.GEN: new integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) power station (pre-combustion with CCS on the coal-feed) in Killingholme, Yorkshire;
Peel Energy CCS Ltd: post-combustion amine capture on new supercritical coal-fired power station in Ayrshire, Scotland;
Don Valley Power Project (formerly known as the Hatfield Project): new IGCC power station in Stainforth, Yorkshire;
A consortium led by Progressive Energy Ltd; pre-combustion coal gasification project in Teesside, North East England;
Scottish Power Generation Limited: post-combustion amine capture retrofitted to an existing subcritical coal-fired power station at Longannet, Scotland; and
SSE Generation Limited: post-combustion capture retrofitted to an existing CCGT power station at Peterhead, Scotland.
The Government is committed to continuing public sector investment in four CCS projects and aims to launch a selection process to identify projects for UK funding later this year.
The five innovative renewable applications are:
POWER (Pentland Orkney Wave Energy Resource) which will deploy Aquamarine Oyster and Pelamis wave energy converters off the coast of the Orkneys;
Kyle Rhea Tidal Turbine Array which will deploy Marine Current Turbines “SeaGen” devices in Kyle Rhea, Islay;
MeyGen Tidal Stream Project which will deploy Atlantis Resources and Rolls Royce/Tidal Generation tidal turbines in the Pentland Firth Inner Sound;
Scottish Power Renewables Sound of Islay Demonstration Tidal Array which will deploy Hammerfest Strom tidal turbines in the Sound of Islay; and
Blyth Britannia which will deploy Clipper Wind Power 10 MW Offshore Wind Turbines off Blyth in Northumberland.
