FEED awarded for Scottish CCG/CCS power plant

SSE Thermal and Equinor are working on a 910 MW combined cycle gas power plant with carbon capture and storage in Peterhead, Scotland, SSE said on July 13.

The FEED for the Peterhead Carbon Capture Power Station is being delivered by a partnership of Australia's Worley, Spain's Tecnicas Reunidas and Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Group. An A36 planning application was filed to the Scottish government's Energy Consents Unit in March 2022.

Tecnicas Reunidas says the "state-of-the-art" gas-fired power plant technology will be integrated with carbon capture, eliminating up to 1.5mn tons of CO₂ emissions. 

The project is intended to help meet Scottish net zero targets, providing back-up to its growing renewables sector and the existing gas-fired Peterhead Power Station.

Catherine Raw, managing director of SSE ThermSal, said: "As renewables scales up, the importance of flexible energy only increases - however that generation needs to be decarbonised which is why we are committed to delivering this landmark carbon capture project at Peterhead."

Grete Tveit, senior vice president for low carbon solutions at Equinor, said: "This is an important step in realising our ambition to build Scotland’s first flexible power station equipped with carbon capture technology. 

"By providing low carbon back-up power to complement intermittent renewables generation, Peterhead Carbon Capture Power Station will improve energy security through the energy transition. We are excited to be working with SSE Thermal and the consortium to deliver this critical project, unlocking investment that will bring both local employment and supply chain value.”