Is CCS dead and if not how do we resuscitate it?

• The UK has massive CO₂ storage potential; it also has tremendous gas infrastructure (assets and people) to support CCS
• The storage sites closely relate to existing gas industry and power generation locations
• Gas power plant is cheap and quick to build compared to its competition; CCS (on gas) is competitive
• Mid 2020’s sees a need for significant new generation –the market should value reliable, despatchable power
• Gas companies may be sufficiently motivated to develop new long term customers that they may take new risks –storage, capture and transport are all existing gas company competencies
• Gas CCGT with CCS provides both capacity and green electrons – it avoids having to subsidise an OSW plant for green electrons and an OCGT for reserve
• High OSW penetration could be increasingly costly –having CCS as an option will be valuable

Thermal Power with CCS - OPEX Spreadsheet - NE England

Thermal Power with CCS - CAPEX Spreadsheet - Teeside

Thermal Power with CCS - Frontier Investment Support Cost Tool

Thermal Power with CCS - Frontier Whole Electricity System Cost Tool

Abated Gas Power - The Critical Contribution of CCS to the Future Power System

An ETI Perspective - An argument for CCS in the UK

Thermal Power with CCS - A framework for assessing the value for money of electricity technologies

Thermal Power with CCS - Classification of Cost Estimate in Context of Global CCS White Paper “Toward a Common Method of Cost Estimation for CO₂ Capture and Storage at Fossil Fuel Power Plants”

Thermal Power with CCS - D4.1 Plant Performance and Capital Cost Estimating

Thermal Power with CCS - D5.1 Plant Operating Cost Modelling

Thermal Power with CCS - Design Optimisations Technical Note

Thermal Power with CCS - Final Project Report

Thermal Power with CCS - Request for Proposals Thermal Power with CCS

Thermal Power with CCS - Technical Note: District Heat Networks

Thermal Power with CCS - Template Plant Specification