The project director behind one of the Humber’s huge carbon capture and storage proposals has called for a timeline for the wider industry after the Budget brought forward investment.
A £20 billion pot has put the fizz in first round plans, with Zero Carbon Humber, part of the East Coast Cluster - given Track One status in late 2021. It links industrial hotspots from Drax to Saltend, with hydrogen supply running alongside.
Keeping pace with that has been Viking CCS, focused on the refining cluster on the South Bank, while attracting interest from power generators in neighbouring counties and potential to ship from elsewhere. It is designated as a Track Two project, and will repurpose the Lincolnshire Offshore Gas Gathering System anchored into Grainthorpe, with plans for a new pipeline to serve it from South Killingholme currently in the consenting stage.
