| £1bn coal power plant for Tilbury |
| Written by Business Weekly | |
| Thursday, 22 March 2007 | |
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European energy company RWE npower has unveiled plans for a 1600 megawatt cleaner coal power station to replace its existing coal-fired station in Tilbury, Essex.
RWE says the new power station will cost over £1bn to build and could be operational by 2013. It will be designed to accommodate ‘carbon capture and storage’ technology. RWE has submitted proposals to the DTI that would see the existing station replaced with two 800MW high efficiency supercritical coal-fired units. The new station would have the capacity to reduce carbon emissions by 22 per cent per unit of electricity generated, which would result in a CO2 reduction of almost two million tonnes a year compared to existing coal fired plant in the UK. The new station will also be developed to include facilities for burning carbon neutral sustainable organic fuels known as ‘biomass’. Andy Duff, chief executive of RWE npower said: “Coal is a vital component of the UK’s future generation mix, but the environmental impact must be addressed. “A ‘supercritical’ coal plant on its own would result in a significant net reduction in CO2 levels, but we have also chosen to make the power station ready for carbon capture and storage technology.” |
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