Uniper has awarded process design package contracts to Technip Energies and Aker Carbon Capture for technology and design studies in connection with Grain Carbon Capture. The a proposed project would see post-combustion carbon capture technology retrofitted on up to three units of the existing 1,326MW combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) plant at Grain power station, on the Isle of Grain in the Southeast of England.
The studies will include the technology required for CO2 capture, conditioning and liquefaction, along with a temporary CO2 storage facility, for the proposed project.
Technip Energies and Aker Carbon Capture will participate in a competition to engineer the carbon capture technology and plant design needed for the project to move to the front end engineering and design (FEED) phase, ahead of a final investment decision, which is expected to be taken in the mid-2020s. Uniper says the competition will allow it to evaluate each of the design solutions.
At the end of the process, the selected company will become the Grain Carbon Capture project’s preferred technology provider during FEED, for other project stages such as engineering, procurement and construction, and into the future operation of the plant.