Local residents across the region will have their chance to find out more about plans for the Yorkshire and Humber carbon capture, transportation and storage (CCS) project at a second series of public exhibitions being organised by National Grid.
The project would involve capturing carbon dioxide produced by major power stations in the region – including the proposed Don Valley Power Project at Stainforth and the White Rose CCS project at Drax – and transporting it via a buried pipeline to a point south of Bridlington and then out to the North Sea, to be permanently stored within natural porous rock formations beneath the seabed.
Last summer, National Grid hosted a series of 16 public exhibitions along the proposed options for the pipeline route, from Stainforth to Barmston, and subsequently announced a preferred route corridor for the pipeline. This summer’s public exhibitions will take place at seven locations along the preferred route corridor, including at Stainforth, Carlton, Holme on Spalding Moor, Lund, North Frodingham, Barmston and Bridlington., Local residents will be able to find out more about the project, including the above ground infrastructure that will be required along the pipeline route.
CCS has the potential to reduce the carbon dioxide emissions from power stations by up to 90 per cent and National Grid hopes this project would act as a trunk-line to a regional CCS network, capturing the carbon dioxide produced by numerous power stations and other energy intensive industries across the Yorkshire and Humber region.
From 19 June, further details on project and the exhibitions will be available on the project website, www.ccshumber.co.uk.
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