Decision

Carbon Capture Readiness - CO2 storage site: Barque Field

Areas identified for potential usage in CCR reports.

• From: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
• Published: 1 November 2016

Documents

Secretary of State decision letter

PDF, 278 KB, 13 pages

Details

Field name: Barque Field

Estimated total CO2 storage capacity (tonnes): 108,000,000

Potential capacity identified in CCR reports (tonnes): 69,000,000

Potential user: Thorpe Marsh CCGT

“Remaining” CO2 storage capacity (tonnes): 39,000,000

An applicant’s choice of storage area at the CCR stage is not binding. It therefore follows that an applicant’s choice of storage area at the CCR stage does not confer priority on that applicant for use of that storage area when CCS is deployed on their power station. Operators will be required to obtain a permit from BEIS and a lease from the Crown Estate in order to store CO2 offshore when CCS is operational.

Published 1 November 2016