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.

Project Link: Powerfuel and Shell sign agreement for coal gasification (April 2007)

Other Sources and Press Release:
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)