Powerfuel Hatfield Fact Sheet: Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage Project

Company/Alliance: Powerfuel, Kuzbassrazrezugol (KRU), and Shell UK

Location: Hatfield Colliery, South Yorkshire, England, UK

Feedstock: Coal

Size: 900 MW

Capture Technology: Pre-combustion/ IGCC

CO2 Fate: EOR offshore, North Sea oilfields

Timing: Construction and recommencing coal mining (2007), front end engineering design, construction 3-4 years

Motivation/Economics: Total capital costs to reopen the mine are expected to be around ₤110 million. The total construction cost of the IGCC power plant can amount up to ₤800 million (US$1.6 billion).

Comments: Powerfuel has already received Section 36 government consent for the new power plant project. Shell UK signed a license agreement with Powerfuel in April 2007 which allows Powerfuel to use Shell's propriety gasification technology. Hatfield was eliminated from the UK government CCS competition on the grounds that it makes use of pre-CCS technology; However Hatfield could still recieve 250 million euroes from the EU energy investment.

Project Link: Clean Power Projects Ltd Hatfield Webpage

Other Sources and Press Release:
Hatfield to share 250 million euroes from EU ( March 2009)
EU unveils energy plan (February 2009)
Powerfuel and Shell sign agreement for coal gasification (April 2007)
Coal's Bright Future: Report by Time Magazine (July 2006)
Powerfuel Forms Partnership with Kuzbassrazrezugol for Development of Hatfield Colliery [PDF] (March 2006)
New mining prospects for colliery (March 2006)

Date Modified September 17, 2009