Drax BECCS Pilot Plant Details
1. Key Information
| Field | Information |
|---|---|
| Project ID | 2261 |
| Project Name | Drax BECCS Pilot Plant |
| Alternative Name | |
| Scale | Pilot |
| Purpose | Power |
| Location | Drax, near Selby |
| Country | UK |
| Continent | Europe |
| Latitude | 53.735812 |
| Longitude | -1.000275 |
| Regulation Status | |
| Primary Company / Alliance | Drax Power, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, C-Capture |
2. Further Information
| Field | Information |
|---|---|
| Project Description | Project to pilot CO2 capture from biomass combustion flue gas at Drax Power Station, firstly with C-Capture from 2018 and then with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) from 2020. Following initial lab trials, a small (1t/day) C-Capture pilot plant in commissioning from Nov 2018, with full operation announced in Feb 2020. A second pilot facility was installed by MHI in late 2020, leading to a long-term contract for Drax to use MHI’s Advanced KM CDR processTM. Also in 2020, Worley and Shell were each awarded contracts for pre-FEED studies for the first two carbon capture units at Drax, each of which is expected to capture ~4MtCO2/yr. Environmental scoping and public consultations are taking place in 2021. (In June 2019, a FEED study for a further pilot project with FuelCell Energy was announced - see separate entry.) |
| Project Website | https://www.drax.com/about-us/our-projects/bioenergy-carbon-capture-use-and-storage-beccs/ |
3. Status
| Field | Information |
|---|---|
| Status | Pilot |
| Status Comment | |
| Intended Operational Year | |
| Operation Year | 2018 |
| End Operation Year | |
| Date Comment |
4. Funding
| Field | Information |
|---|---|
| Estimated Cost | GBP 400,000 for initial pilot trial |
| Public Funding | Yes |
| Public Funding Comment | C-Capture received GBP 5M from UK Gov for further development of its novel solvent system, including validation at TCM-Mongstad, extension of the pilot plant and design for scale-up. |
| Public Engagement |
5. Organisation
| Field | Information |
|---|---|
| Non Commercial Org | University of Leeds |
| CCS Group | |
| Company Comment | C-Capture is a UoLeeds spinout company |
6. Storage
| Field | Information |
|---|---|
| Fate | No storage |
| On / Offshore | Unknown |
| Storage Company | |
| Injection (MT CO2/yr) | 8.0 |
| Total Injection (MT CO2) | |
| Storage Distance | |
| Storage Country | |
| Storage Latitude | |
| Storage Longitude | |
| Storage Comment | Up to 8MtCO2/yr could be stored under the Southern North Sea as part of the Zero Carbon Humber cluster project |
| Storage Monitoring |
7. Production
| Field | Information |
|---|---|
| Product | Electricity |
| Source Company | Drax Power Ltd |
| Construction | Retrofit |
| Permit | |
| Permit Date | |
| Feedstock | Other |
| Feedstock Detail | Biomass, mostly imported pellet |
| Feedstock Additional | |
| Power Plant Size | 3960 |
| Fuel Capacity | |
| Production Capacity | |
| Plant Capacity Comment |
8. Separation
| Field | Information |
|---|---|
| Separation Type | Post-combustion |
| Separation Technology | |
| Separation Comment | Phase 1: novel solvent absorption system; Phase 2: Advanced KM CDR Process using KS-21 solvent |
| Capture Company | Phase 1: C-Capture; Phase 2: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries |
| CCS Capacity |
9. Transport
| Field | Information |
|---|---|
| Transport Method | Unknown |
| Transport Company | |
| Cluster | Yes |
| Cluster Comment | Drax is one of the key anchor projects for the Zero Carbon Humber cluster project, and the overarching East Coast Cluster |
| Trans-boundary | No |
| Transport Comment |
10. Edit History
| Field | Information |
|---|---|
| Date Entered | 2018-06-08 15:07:40 |
| Entered by | CCSDBA |
| Date Modified | 2021-11-02 21:17:08.927773 |
| Modified by | rsteven2 |