Transcript 2.Ms. Rachel Crisp

International workshop on power
generation with CCS in India
22 January 2008
Rachel Crisp
Deputy Director, CCS team, Department of Business and Enterprise
The importance of CCS
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Under business as usual, global emissions from the
energy sector will rise by 57% by 2030.
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Global primary energy needs are predicted to grow by
55% between 2005 and 2030. Coal demand is
predicted to increase by over 70% in real terms in
response.
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CCS technology has the potential to reduce CO2
emissions from fossil fuel power stations by as much
as 90%.
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Could contribute up to 28% of global CO2 mitigation
by 2050.
Rationale for demonstration project
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Acknowledgement of role CCS could play in achieving
twin objectives of tackling climate change and ensuring
energy security
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Recognition that the next step in developing CCS is
testing full chain on commercial-scale power station
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CCS has UK and international relevance
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Aid development of effective regulatory framework
Rationale for using a competition
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Significant investment by UK Government
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Competition best way to get value for money
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Aware of several potential projects – competition for
funds should deliver better value projects
Timescales for demonstration
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Currently in pre-qualifying phase
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Enter competitive phase in April 08
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Aim to name preferred bidder by May/June 09
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Project to be demonstrating full chain of CCS by
2014.
Objectives of UK demonstration
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2 key objectives –
– Deliver successful demonstration of full chain of
CCS technologies on a power plant at
commercial scale
– Demonstrate technology that is relevant and
transferable to key global markets
What UK Government is funding
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One project – post-combustion capture on
commercial-scale coal power plant
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Carbon dioxide stored offshore
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Prepared to fund up to 100% of the capital and
operating costs of CCS elements of the project
(not the power plant)
Focus on post combustion
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Pulverised fuel accounts for vast majority of
existing and planned coal-fired plant globally
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Only post-combustion can be retro-fitted to tackle
carbon dioxide emissions already locked-in
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Proposals for new and retro-fit coal capacity in UK
are supercritical pulverised fuel
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Complements other international projects – US
(IGCC), Norway (post-combustion gas)
EU Ambitions for CCS
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2007 Spring Council welcomed the
Commission’s intention to stimulate the operation
by 2015 of up to 12 CCS demonstration plants
with the ambition for all new fossil-fuel plants to
be fitted with CCS by 2020, if feasible
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Zero Emission Platform – EU Technology
Platform for CCS
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ZEP Flagship programme – ambition to bring
forward up to 12 CCS projects in Europe
ZEP Flagship Programme
Sharing information
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Cannot promote CCS globally without sharing
information and learning from our demonstrations
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Knowledge transfer is a key element of the UK
demonstration
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Likely to have minimum requirement for levels of
knowledge transfer
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Need to ensure arrangements proposed meet
needs of third countries
Conclusion
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CCS has key role to play in allowing continued
use of cheap and abundant fossil fuels whilst
tackling climate change
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Next step in development is commercial-scale
demonstration
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Important that learning from demonstrations is
shared to facilitate more commercial-scale
projects globally
International workshop on power generation
with CCS in India
22 January 2008
Rachel Crisp
Deputy Director, CCS team, Department of Business and Enterprise