E.ON Killingholme Fact Sheet: Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage Project

Company/Alliance: E.ON and Powergen

Location: Killingholme, Lincolnshire, England, UK

Feedstock: Coal (+ Petcoke?)

Size: 450 MW

Capture Technology: IGCC/Pre-combustion

CO2 Fate: Sequestration in depleted gas fields under the North Sea

Timing: Feasibility study (2007) and expected launch of project (2011). Dormant after UK government announced "CCS competition". See UK project

Motivation/Economics: E.ON will spend ₤1billion (US $ 2 billion) on building the plant at Killingholme with the IGCC construction completed before the carbon capture system.

Comments: E.ON returned the 900 MW Combined Cycle Gas Turbine (CCGT) plant at Killingholme to full service in 2003. E.ON UK is currently working with the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council to fund a ₤10 million (US $ 20 million) UK university research program to discover more low-carbon energy solutions.

Project Link: E.ON Killingholme

Other Sources and Press Release:
The Killingholme fields: E.ON plans 'clean coal' power plant (May 2006)
E.ON Killinghome project overview presentation [PDF]
E.ON UK and EPSRC announce £10m low carbon university research programme (July 2006)
E.ON to build clean coal plant in UK (May 2006)