Power BECCS projects call for CCUS Cluster Sequencing Process

Call for submissions from power BECCS projects wanting to take part in Track-1 of the CCUS Cluster Sequencing Process

The Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has launched a call for power bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) plants to complete a project submission to join the Track-1 shortlist for consideration for first of a kind power BECCS business model support.

The 2021 Net Zero Strategy outlined the role that engineered greenhouse gas removal (GGR) technologies would need to play in supporting decarbonisation by 2050. The purpose of GGRs is to balance residual emissions from hard to decarbonise sectors. The strategy highlighted that BECCS applications in the power sector could be deployed by the late 2020s, and help deliver our Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) by 2030. Engineered removals are likely to be located within or near industrial clusters, benefiting from access to CO₂ transport and storage infrastructure, essential to support delivery of net-negative emissions.

The Cluster Sequencing Process aims to deliver a minimum of two clusters by the mid-2020s and four by 2030. The recent Phase-2 shortlist identified the power CCUS, CCUS-enabled hydrogen, and industrial carbon capture (ICC) projects that will proceed to the next stage of due diligence.

Find more information on the call and how to apply.

First published 3 October 2022