Drax to use Mitsubishi's carbon capture tech
UK generator Drax has signed a contract with Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) to use its carbon capture technology, the companies said on June 10.
The contract will see Drax license MHI’s carbon capture solvent, KS-21, to capture CO2 at its power station near Selby, North Yorkshire. Drax has already created the largest decarbonisation project in Europe, having converted its power station to use sustainable biomass instead of coal, reducing its emissions by more than 85%, the companies said. By deploying bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) technology, Drax aims at becoming carbon negative by 2030.
|
Advertisement: The National Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago Limited (NGC) NGC’s HSSE strategy is reflective and supportive of the organisational vision to become a leader in the global energy business. |
The first BECCS unit at Drax could be operational as soon as 2027, capturing and storing at least 8mn metric tons/year of CO2 by 2030. The project combines MHI’s technology with offshore geological storage under the North Sea, helping the UK achieve its target to cut carbon emissions by 78% by 2035, they said.
Drax had already successfully trialled MHI’s carbon capture technology in a pilot that started in 2020 to test two of MHI’s proprietary solvents, KS-1 and KS-21.
MHI will develop a new centre of excellence for CCUS in London as well as looking at ways to strengthen its supply chain, including the potential production of its proprietary solvent in the UK.