Yorkshire carbon capture power plant gets EU funding
▻http://www.theguardian.com/business/2014/jul/08/yorkshire-drax-carbon-capture-power-plant
Drax, the operator of Britain’s biggest power station, has secured up to €300m (£238m) of European Union funding to build a power plant whose carbon dioxide emissions will be trapped and buried deep beneath the North Sea.
The new plant will be built on land next to Drax’s existing power station near Selby in Yorkshire. It will burn enough coal for 630,000 homes and 90% of its CO2 will be transported by pipeline for permanent storage under the North Sea.
The project, called White Rose, is a joint venture between Drax, Alstom and BOC and is the first large-scale carbon capture and storage (CCS) project in the EU. White Rose will capture and bury the plant’s CO2 with transport and storage provided by National Grid.
Les autres projets retenus par le programme #NER300 de l’UE :
▻http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_MEMO-14-465_en.htm
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