Shell Catalysts & Technologies has been appointed to provide the technology that will capture millions of tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) from the VPI Immingham combined heat and power station (CHP) as part of Humber Zero.
Humber Zero is a government-supported multi-billion-pound project to decarbonise vital industry in the Immingham industrial area in northern Lincolnshire, on the south bank of the River Humber. The total project will incorporate both post-combustion carbon capture and the production of hydrogen for energy. The entire project aims to prevent up to eight million tonnes of CO2 from being released into the atmosphere as a greenhouse gas and will future-proof industry in the region.
Shell will be providing Shell’s CANSOLV CO2 post-combustion carbon capture technology to be retrofitted to the VPI Immingham power station stacks which emit carbon-rich flue gas. Shell’s Alliance partner for CANSOLV CO2 technology, Technip Energies, will support the design of the capture unit and the pilot plant. The technology will capture 95% or more of the CO2 in the gas, allowing it to be compressed, transported and safely stored in geological structures under the seabed.
As the UK’s largest cluster by industrial emissions, decarbonisation of the Humber Region by 2040 is critical for the UK’s net zero ambitions. Humber Zero aims to remove up to eight million tonnes of CO2 from critical industry located on the South Humber Bank.
UKRI, through the Industrial Decarbonisation Challenge, is investing £12.5m of government funding in the project, with that figure being matched by the Humber Zero partners VPI Immingham LLP and Phillips 66 Ltd.
For more information visit the Humber Zero website.