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Peterhead Carbon Capture Power Station

The Peterhead Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Project was designed as a full-chain system to capture CO₂ emissions from the Peterhead power station in Scotland and permanently store them offshore. The plan involved retrofitting the gas-fired power plant with a Carbon Capture, Compression & Conditioning (CCCC) facility, transporting the captured CO₂ via pipeline, and injecting it into the depleted Goldeneye gas reservoir in the North Sea

CO₂ capture
1,500,000 t/yr
Status
Feasibility
Sector
Natural Gas Power
Year announced
May-2015
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Company:
Project name:
Peterhead Carbon Capture Power Station
Project categories:
capture
City:
Peterhead
County:
Aberdeenshire
State:
Aberdeenshire
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Sector:
Natural gas power
Sequestration project:
EPC company:
Worley
Transport partner:
Acorn
Storage partner:
Acorn
Capacity (Mt/year):
1,500,000
Status:
Feasibility
Technology licensor:
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Date announced:
May-2015
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2026-10-28
Scottish Government approves Peterhead gas plant with carbon capture
2024-10-25
Delivering a decarbonised Peterhead
2022-07-13
Major engineering contract awarded at Peterhead carbon capture power station
2022-03-31
Major step towards low-carbon power at Peterhead as planning application submitted
2022-01-24
SSE Thermal and Equinor submit two joint carbon capture projects into landmark government competition
2021-05-01
SSE and Equinor join forces on Peterhead CCS Power Station project
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