Seabed lease signed for carbon storage project running from Flintshire coast
A gas terminal at Talacre is at the centre of the UK’s first carbon storage project to reuse existing infrastructure, after a seabed lease was signed.
Liverpool Bay CCS Limited, part of the Eni group, said on Monday it had entered into a lease with The Crown Estate, which manages the seabed around England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
A lease from The Crown Estate is one of the approvals needed before carbon dioxide can be stored beneath the sea.
The Point of Ayr terminal at Talacre is the onshore plant the project will reuse.
Carbon dioxide captured from industry across north Wales and north west England will be piped there, then sent offshore into depleted gas reservoirs under Liverpool Bay.
Liverpool Bay CCS said the scheme will reuse more than 75 miles of existing pipeline, three offshore structures and the terminal itself, alongside 21 miles of newly built pipeline.
Cement works, energy from waste plants and low carbon hydrogen production will be the first to send carbon dioxide into the system.
The company expects to store 4.5 million tonnes a year at the outset, and says the project will support around 2,000 jobs while it is being built.
Stefano Rovelli, managing director of Liverpool Bay CCS, said:
“Repurposing our existing infrastructure helps to speed up the process by which we can tackle CO2 emissions from industry in the North West of England and North Wales, supporting economic growth in the region as part of the UK’s journey to Net Zero.”
The pipeline that will carry the carbon dioxide runs from Cheshire into Flintshire and was approved by the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero in March 2024.
Flintshire County Council approved the onshore planning applications for the scheme in January 2024.
Liverpool Bay CCS expects the first carbon dioxide to be injected in 2028.
[Photo: thecrownestate.co.uk]
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