ScottishPower Press Releases

The race to demonstrate the first commercial scale CCS installation has prompted much media interest around the globe. Here you will find all our media releases relating to ScottishPower on CCS.

• Major Breakthrough for ScottishPower Carbon Capture Prototype at Longannet 25 November 2009 ScottishPower has announced that successful testing at the prototype carbon capture unit at Longannet Power Station, which has been in operation since May, has resulted in a major breakthrough in reducing the amount of energy required to separate carbon emissions from a coal-fired power plant.
  
• ScottishPower Welcomes Government’s Clean Coal Policy And Submits Technical Study As Part Of CCS Competition 9 November 2009 ScottishPower today welcomed the UK Government’s Framework for the Development of Clean Coal as outlined by the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Ed Miliband.
  
• ScottishPower Carbon Capture And Storage Consortium Boosted With Appointment Of Shell And National Grid 13 August 2009 Shell U.K Limited (Shell) and National Grid are joining ScottishPower's carbon capture and storage (CCS) consortium, as the energy company sets out to deliver the UK's first commercial size CCS system operating from a coal-fired power station by 2014. The Consortium is forging ahead with this new technology to help Britain lead the way in tackling climate change. The Consortium is in the process of submitting a bid for the UK Government's CCS competition.
  
• China Power Investment Corporation Visit ScottishPower Carbon Capture Unit At Longannet 24 July 2009 ScottishPower welcomed representatives from China Power Investment Corporation (CPI), one of China's leading electricity generation companies, to Longannet Power Station in Fife today to see the first plant to capture CO₂ from an operational power station in the UK.
  
• UK First At Longannet As ScottishPower Brings Clean Coal Technology One Step Closer To Reality 29 May 2009 ScottishPower today flicked the switch on a groundbreaking test project that will see CO₂ emissions extracted from Longannet power station – the first time in the UK that they have been captured from a working coal-fired power plant and putting the company on track to deliver a full CCS demonstration project by 2014 in line with government objectives.
  
• ScottishPower Ready To Kick-Start Central North Sea Carbon Storage Industry Within Five Years 1 May 2009 ScottishPower has outlined a vision for the UK to become a world leader in Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS), as a detailed study shows that the Central North Sea could store potentially all of Europe's CO₂ emissions well into the next century.
  
• ScottishPower Can Meet Government's CCS Challenge by 2014 23 April 2009 ScottishPower, who are leading the way on the reduction of CO₂ emissions through carbon capture and storage, welcomed the Government's Budget 2009 announcement on developing "a new and more ambitious" CCS policy including its intention to fund up to four CCS demonstrations and supporting companies in the current competition to undertake detailed preparatory studies.
  
• ScottishPower Looks To North Sea Storage Potential For Carbon Emissions 16 September 2008 A consortium led by ScottishPower, which recently qualified as an entrant to the Government's competition to develop the UK's first commercial scale Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) project, is investigating the possibility of utilising a rock formation in the North Sea that could potentially store all of Europe's C0₂ emissions for the next 600 years.
  
• ScottishPower Consortium Qualifies For Government's Carbon Capture And Storage Competition 1 July 2008 A consortium led by ScottishPower, part of the Iberdrola Group, has qualified as an entrant to the UK Government's Competition to develop the UK's first commercial scale Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) project.