ScottishPower has announced that a consortium it leads has qualified as an entrant to the UK government's competition to develop the country's first commercial scale carbon capture and storage project.
The UK Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform will now be considering four project bids, down from an initial list of nine.
The ScottishPower-led consortium consists of Marathon Oil, Aker Clean Carbon and Aker Solutions. The partner organizations believe that they have the required mix of expertise and knowledge to develop a commercial scale carbon capture and storage (CCS) project that demonstrates the capture, transportation and storage of CO2 from a coal fired power station.
John Campbell, director for energy wholesale at ScottishPower, said: We welcomed the UK government’s CCS demonstration competition announcement in November 2007, as it provided the clarity required for us to progress with creating a consortium that has the knowledge and expertise to deliver a unique and successful demonstration project.