bp picks two consortia for ‎UK power and carbon capture projects

bp has selected two consortia of engineers to provide competing concepts through its dual Front ‎End Engineering Design (FEED) as part of the UK’s first full-scale integrated power and carbon capture project in Teesside.

bp is the operator of Net Zero Teesside Power (NZT Power) and the Northern Endurance Partnership (NEP). The two selected groups will now design and submit development plans for NZT Power’s proposed ‎power station and carbon capture plant, and NEP’s planned Teesside high pressure carbon ‎dioxide (CO2) compression and export facilities.‎

Technip Energies and General Electric form the first consortium. Led by Technip Energies, this group ‎includes Shell as a subcontractor for the provision of the licensed Cansolv CO2 capture ‎technology and Balfour Beatty as the nominated construction partner.‎

Aker Solutions Doosan Babcock and Siemens Energy form the second consortium, led by Aker Solutions. It includes Aker Carbon Capture as a subcontractor for the provision of the licensed ‎CO2 capture technology.‎

The awards represent an important next step towards the proposed development of the UK’s ‎first full-scale integrated power and carbon capture project. Investing in carbon capture, usage ‎and storage (CCUS) is a key point of the UK government’s 10-point plan for a green industrial revolution, announced in November 2020.

The UK government selected the Northern Endurance Partnership’s East ‎Coast Cluster as one of the first two clusters to be taken forward as part of its carbon capture ‎and storage (CCUS) cluster sequencing process, in October of this year. The Northern Endurance partnership, which ‎bp leads as operator, will provide the common infrastructure needed to transport CO2 from ‎emitters across the Humber and Teesside to secure offshore storage in the Endurance aquifer ‎in the Southern North Sea.‎

The two consortiums will each deliver a comprehensive FEED package, led from their UK ‎offices, over the next 12 months. Following the completion of the FEED process, the two ‎consortiums will then submit Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) proposals for ‎the execution phase. As part of the Final Investment Decision expected in 2023, a single ‎consortium will be selected to take the project forward into construction.