德国莱茵集团(RWE)计划在英国各地推进三个新的碳捕获和储存（CCS）项目，该项目每年可确保高达4.7吉瓦的发电量和1100万吨的二氧化碳捕获。

为了寻求其欧洲常规发电厂的脱碳技术解决方案，莱茵集团宣布正在测试位于彭布罗克和斯塔伊索普的现有联合循环天然气发电站改造碳捕获技术的可行性。

此外，这家英国公司正在拟定，在亨伯河口附近斯托林伯勒建造一座新的碳捕获燃气发电站提案，拟议的开发容量将高达800兆瓦。

如果这三个项目都取得进展，它们将能够提供高达4.7吉瓦的灵活发电能力，据说足以生产相当于810万英国家庭的电力，同时每年捕获1100万吨二氧化碳。

这些项目靠近拟议的二氧化碳网络，或者可以使用航运设施，使二氧化碳能够由第三方运输和储存。

莱茵集团目前正准备向英国能源安全和净零排放部的融资申请流程提出申请，该流程专门用于碳捕获储存或运输设施的碳捕获项目。

莱茵集团英国区域总裁Tom Glover表示，“为了使电力行业脱碳，支持供应安全，并实现大规模工业脱碳，开发清洁天然气发电项目很重要。碳捕获可以支持莱茵集团在部署其他可再生能源和低碳技术方面处于领先地位，通过不依赖天气的稳定灵活电力供应来提供能源安全”。

莱茵集团与南威尔士工业集群（SWIC）和维京CCS工业集群建立了合作伙伴关系，旨在开发运输和储存方案。莱茵集团表示，在可能的情况下，将有针对性地利用捕获的二氧化碳。

虽然这三个拟议的CCS项目有助于英国长期能源安全，预计将在帮助莱茵集团实现，其根据《巴黎协议》制定的“要在2040年前实现碳中和”的全球目标方面发挥关键作用。

洪伟立 摘译自 离岸能源 网站

原文如下：

RWE eyes three new carbon capture and storage projects in UK

Energy company RWE is planning to progress three new carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects across the UK, which could secure up to 4.7 GW of generation and capture 11 million tonnes of CO2 per year.

In pursuit of decarbonisation technical solutions for its European conventional fleet of plants, RWE announced it was testing the feasibility of options to retrofit carbon capture technology at its existing combined cycle gas power stations at Pembroke and Staythorpe.

In addition, the company is developing proposals for a new carbon capture, gas-fired power station at Stallingborough, close to the Humber Estuary. The proposed development would be up to 800 MW of capacity.

If all three projects are progressed, they would be capable of delivering up to 4.7 GW of flexible, generation capacity, said to be enough to produce electricity to power the equivalent of 8.1 million UK homes, while capturing 11 million tonnes of CO2 per year.

The projects are close to proposed CO2 networks or will have access to shipping facilities, which would enable the CO2 to be transported and stored by third parties.

RWE is now preparing to apply to the UK Department for Energy Security and Net Zero’s Track 2 Phase 2 cluster sequencing funding application process, which is dedicated to carbon capture projects in close proximity to carbon capture storage or transport facilities.

“In order to decarbonise the power sector, support security of supply and enable large-scale industrial decarbonisation, it is important that clean gas generation projects are developed,” said Tom Glover, UK Country Chair for RWE.

“Carbon capture can support the expansion of the other renewable and low-carbon technologies that RWE is a leader in deploying, by providing energy security through firm and flexible provision of electricity that is not reliant on weather.”

RWE has developed partnerships with industrial clusters South Wales Industrial Cluster (SWIC) and Viking CCS in order to develop transportation and storage options. Where possible, utilization options for the captured CO2 will be targeted, RWE said.

While being instrumental in the UK’s long-term energy security, the three proposed CCS projects are expected to play a key part in helping RWE achieve its own global ambition to be carbon neutral by 2040 in line with the Paris Agreement.