Drax Fuel Cell Pilot Plant Details
1. Key Information
| Field | Information |
|---|---|
| Project ID | 2561 |
| Project Name | Drax Fuel Cell Pilot Plant |
| Alternative Name | |
| Scale | Pilot |
| Purpose | Power |
| Location | Drax, near Selby |
| Country | UK |
| Continent | Europe |
| Latitude | 53.739424 |
| Longitude | -0.999719 |
| Regulation Status | |
| Primary Company / Alliance | Drax Power, FuelCell Energy, P3P Partners, BEIS |
2. Further Information
| Field | Information |
|---|---|
| Project Description | In June 2019, Drax and FuelCell Energy (FCE) announced a FEED study on installation of a molten carbonate fuel cell system for biogenic CO2 capture. The system is based on FCE's proprietary carbonate fuel cell power plants, which consume methane and generate electricity while, as part of their process cycle, producing a stream of pure CO2 from dilute flue gas streams. The FEED study is based on a 1.7MW net fuel cell system capturing 85tCO2/day. Captured CO2 will be supplied to P3P Partner’s greenhouses for plant growth enhancement. |
| Project Website | https://www.drax.com/technology/fuel-cell-will-help-power-future/ |
3. Status
| Field | Information |
|---|---|
| Status | Pilot |
| Status Comment | Pilot in design stage |
| Intended Operational Year | |
| Operation Year | |
| End Operation Year | |
| Date Comment | FEED Study for pilot expected to complete in 2019. |
4. Funding
| Field | Information |
|---|---|
| Estimated Cost | |
| Public Funding | Yes |
| Public Funding Comment | UK Gov funded FEED study GBP 500K. |
| Public Engagement |
5. Organisation
| Field | Information |
|---|---|
| Non Commercial Org | |
| CCS Group | |
| Company Comment |
6. Storage
| Field | Information |
|---|---|
| Fate | Industrial Use |
| On / Offshore | Onshore |
| Storage Company | |
| Injection (MT CO2/yr) | |
| Total Injection (MT CO2) | |
| Storage Distance | |
| Storage Country | |
| Storage Latitude | |
| Storage Longitude | |
| Storage Comment | No long term storage from pilot plant |
| Storage Monitoring |
7. Production
| Field | Information |
|---|---|
| Product | Electricity |
| Source Company | Drax Power Ltd |
| Construction | Retrofit |
| Permit | |
| Permit Date | |
| Feedstock | Other |
| Feedstock Detail | Feedstock leading to flue gas is biomass |
| Feedstock Additional | Natural gas used for fuel cell |
| Power Plant Size | 3960 |
| Fuel Capacity | |
| Production Capacity | 5.6 MW |
| Plant Capacity Comment |
8. Separation
| Field | Information |
|---|---|
| Separation Type | Post-combustion |
| Separation Technology | Molten carbonate fuel cell |
| Separation Comment | |
| Capture Company | FuelCell Energy |
| CCS Capacity | 85tCO2/day |
9. Transport
| Field | Information |
|---|---|
| Transport Method | Pipe |
| 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 | Pilot plant will supply CO2 to greenhouses close by. |
10. Edit History
| Field | Information |
|---|---|
| Date Entered | 2019-12-13 12:20:47 |
| Entered by | CCSDBA |
| Date Modified | 2021-10-22 17:19:42.157318 |
| Modified by | rsteven2 |
Links
| https://www.drax.com/press_release/drax-secures-500000-innovative-fuel-cell-carbon-capture-study/ |
| Press release (June 2019): UK Gov finding for fuel cell study. |
| https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2019/06/27/1875208/0/en/FuelCell-Energy-Announces-New-Carbon-Capture-Project-with-Drax-Power-Station.html |
| Press release (June 2019): FuelCell Energy announce project. |