Decision

Carbon Capture Readiness – CO2 storage site: Bunter Sandstone

Areas identified for potential usage in CCR reports.

• From: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
• Published: 21 December 2017

Documents

Carbon Capture Readiness – CO2 storage site: Bunter Sandstone – Secretary of State decision letter

PDF, 200 KB, 12 pages

Details

Field name: Bunter Sandstone

Estimated total CO2 storage capacity (tonnes): 3,169,000,000

Potential capacity identified in CCR reports (tonnes): 33,000,000

Potential user: Keadby II

‘Remaining’ CO2 storage capacity (tonnes): 3,133,000,000

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 the department and a lease from the Crown Estate in order to store CO2 offshore when CCS is operational.

Published 21 December 2017