SSE Thermal has hosted a group of industry stakeholders in Aberdeenshire for an update on the in-development Peterhead Carbon Capture Power Station
The project could be the first power station in Scotland equipped with carbon capture technology and would play an important role in delivering low-carbon flexible power to back up renewables.
Being developed by SSE Thermal and Equinor, the proposed plant is an anchor project within the Scottish Cluster and would connect into CO2 infrastructure being developed through the Acorn Project.
With a decision on planning due soon, SSE Thermal recently hosted members of NECCUS – an alliance of industry, government and experts – to learn more about the plans and to take a walk through history.
The day started with a presentation given by SSE, Equinor and Storegga on Peterhead Carbon Capture Power Station and its integration with the Scottish Cluster.
Mitsubishi – part of the consortium delivering a Front End Engineering and Design study on the project – also presented on Thomas Glover, who left the north-east in the 1800s to travel to Japan where he eventually came to be an influential adviser to Mitsubishi.
Lunch was then followed by a tour of the existing power station’s perimeter fence where the visitors got a birds-eye view of not only the current station but also the proposed site of the new Carbon Capture Power Station. Attendees then embarked on a walk along the Scotstoun dunes following the proposed CO2 offtake line from North Peterhead to St Fergus.
The event finished off with a coach trip to Glover’s Birthplace Memorial Garden in Fraserburgh and a well-earned fish supper from Glover & Co Fish Bar.
A ceremonial Acer shrub was planted in the memorial garden in honour of Thomas Black Glover by the Peterhead Carbon Capture Power Station project team.