• Two consortiums selected to participate in a Front End Engineering Design (FEED) ‎competition for the Net Zero Teesside Power project and the Northern Endurance ‎Partnership’s carbon compression infrastructure in Teesside
• Net Zero Teesside Power is a first-of-a-kind gas-fired power project – fully integrated ‎with carbon capture technology, with emissions planned to be exported and securely ‎stored by the Northern Endurance Partnership
• Project expected to provide flexible, low carbon electricity sufficient for around 1.3 ‎million homes, progressing the deployment of carbon capture technology in line with ‎the UK government’s 10-point plan

On behalf of its partners, bp – the operator of Net Zero Teesside Power (NZT Power) and ‎the Northern Endurance Partnership (NEP) – has awarded contracts as part of its dual Front ‎End Engineering Design (FEED) competition to two separate consortiums of engineering, ‎carbon capture licensors, power providers and EPC contractors.‎

The awards represent an important next step towards the proposed development of the UK’s ‎first full-scale integrated power and carbon capture project. Investing in carbon capture, usage ‎and storage (CCUS) is a key point of the UK government’s 10-point plan for a green industrial ‎revolution, announced in November 2020.

In October 2021, the UK government selected the Northern Endurance Partnership’s East ‎Coast Cluster as one of the first two clusters be taken forward as part of its carbon capture ‎and storage (CCUS) cluster sequencing process. The Northern Endurance partnership, which ‎bp leads as operator, will provide the common infrastructure needed to transport CO2 from ‎emitters across the Humber and Teesside to secure offshore storage in the Endurance aquifer ‎in the Southern North Sea.‎

The two groups will now design and submit development plans for NZT Power’s proposed ‎power station and carbon capture plant, and NEP’s planned Teesside high pressure carbon ‎dioxide (CO2) compression and export facilities.‎

The two selected contractor groups are:

• Technip Energies and General Electric consortium: led by Technip Energies and ‎including Shell as a subcontractor for the provision of the licensed Cansolv CO2 capture ‎technology and Balfour Beatty as the nominated construction partner.‎
• Aker Solutions Doosan Babcock and Siemens Energy consortium: led by Aker Solutions ‎and including Aker Carbon Capture as a subcontractor for the provision of the licensed ‎CO2 capture technology.‎

The two consortiums will each deliver a comprehensive FEED package, led from their UK ‎offices, over the next 12 months. Following the completion of the FEED process, the two ‎consortiums will then submit Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) proposals for ‎the execution phase. As part of the Final Investment Decision expected in 2023, a single ‎consortium will be selected to take the project forward into construction.

Louise Kingham, bp’s UK head of country and senior vice president of Europe, said: 
“Moving ‎to Front End Engineering Design is a major step forward for Net Zero Teesside Power and the ‎development of the Northern Endurance Partnership. This first-of-a-kind project has the ‎potential to deliver enough low carbon, flexible electricity to power around 1.3 million homes, ‎and can help secure Teesside’s position at the green heart of the country’s energy transition.”

Andy Lane, MD Northern Endurance Partnership, said: 
“The Northern Endurance Partnership ‎will play a key role in the UK’s journey to net zero, by providing the transportation and storage ‎infrastructure which enables the decarbonization of a range of industries across Teesside and ‎the Humber too.‎

“Today’s news is a clear signal of momentum within the East Coast Cluster following our ‎selection in October as one of the UK’s first two carbon capture and storage clusters by the ‎UK government.”‎

Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen said: 
“This is the latest milestone in delivering this game-‎changing facility on Teesside. Net Zero Teesside Power puts our region, our engineers and ‎our scientists at the centre of plans for the UK to be net zero by 2050 and with it ‎thousands of good-quality, well paid jobs developing the cleaner, safer and healthier ‎industries of the future. It is also critical for safeguarding the thousands of jobs in our ‎chemicals and processing industries – industries we lead the world in.”‎

NZT Power, a joint venture between bp and Equinor, is a full-scale gas fired-power station fully ‎integrated with carbon capture. The project is expected to provide flexible, dispatchable low ‎carbon electricity to complement the growing deployment of intermittent forms of renewable ‎energy such as wind and solar.

The contracts also include FEED for NEP’s Teesside facilities that will gather and compress ‎CO2 from NZT Power and other regional sources and export it offshore for permanent sub-‎surface storage in the Endurance carbon store. NEP will also take CO2 captured from a range ‎of projects in the Humber region as part of the East Coast Cluster. The Northern Endurance ‎Partnership is a joint venture between bp, Equinor, National Grid Ventures, Shell and ‎TotalEnergies.

Taking emissions from both the Teesside and Humber regions, the East Coast Cluster has the ‎potential to transport and securely store nearly 50% of all UK industrial cluster CO2 emissions ‎‎– up to 27 million tonnes of CO2 emissions a year by 2035. It anticipates creating and ‎supporting an average of 25,000 jobs over 2023 to 2050, with approximately 41,000 jobs at ‎the project’s peak in 2026.

NZT Power expects to submit a bid in January 2022 for selection as part of the phase-2 of the ‎UK government’s carbon capture, usage and storage (CCUS) cluster sequencing process. In ‎October, the Northern Endurance Partnership-led East Coast Cluster was named as a Track-1 ‎cluster in the first phase of the sequencing process.

Jacob Young, Conservative MP for Redcar, said: 
‎“Net Zero Teesside represents another ‎trailblazing innovation of the kind that is putting Teesside at the very centre of the UK‎’s‎ net ‎zero ambitions.

‎“Once completed, the Net Zero Teesside project will provide low carbon electricity to over ‎‎1 million homes using carbon capture technology to help meet the demands of the UK ‎government’s 10-point plan for a Green Industrial Revolution.

‎“Having consortiums of such prestige working towards the designs which will make these ‎innovations a reality is a hugely important step and I am delighted to see the progress that ‎continues at pace with this project, delivering new, clean, green jobs for Teessiders.”‎

Ewan Drummond, bp’s senior vice president, projects, said: 
“The signing of the dual FEED ‎contracts today is the culmination of an extensive market engagement process over the ‎past 18 months, and we are excited to be working with the selected Aker and Technip UK-‎led consortiums. Our contracting strategy enables early selection of carbon capture ‎licensors and power providers along with EPC and construction contractors to minimize the ‎technology and execution risks whilst allowing each consortium to differentiate ‎themselves in their designs and execution approaches.”‎

Arnaud Pieton, CEO of Technip Energies, commented: 
“We are honoured to have been ‎selected, along with GE Gas Power, our consortium partner, to work on Net Zero Teesside ‎Power, a flagship carbon capture project in the UK energy sector. Led by Technip Energies, ‎the consortium will be supported by Shell Catalysts & Technologies, provider of the licensed ‎Cansolv CO2 capture technology, and Balfour Beatty, our UK construction partner. Our ‎capabilities in carbon capture projects and technology integration, combined with GE Gas ‎Power’s expertise in natural gas combined cycle plant engineering, operability, and plant ‎integration, will support bp’s goal of developing one of the first decarbonized industrial ‎clusters in the world. This project perfectly illustrates that cross-industries collaboration is ‎central to reaching net zero targets.”‎

Aker Solutions’ CEO Kjetel Digre said: 
“Net Zero Teesside is a landmark development for the ‎UK and an important step on the journey to net zero. Our consortium of Aker Solutions, ‎Siemens Energy and Doosan Babcock is exceptionally proud to be working together with bp ‎on this ground-breaking project to support the energy transition.”‎

About Net Zero Teesside Power

• Net Zero Teesside Power is a joint venture between bp and Equinor, with bp leading as operator.‎
• Net Zero Teesside Power will be the world’s first commercial-scale gas-fired power station with ‎carbon capture and will share the CO2 transportation and storage infrastructure being developed ‎by the Northern Endurance Partnership.‎
• NZT Power helps support the UK government’s commitment to fully decarbonize the power ‎system in the UK by 2035, with the potential to provide low carbon power for up to 1.3m homes.‎
• NZT Power supports greater deployment of renewable energy such as wind and solar by providing ‎flexible, dispatchable low carbon electricity generation which backs up intermittent renewables – ‎crucial for periods when the wind isn’t blowing, and the sun isn’t shining.

About the Northern Endurance Partnership and the East Coast Cluster

• The Northern Endurance Partnership is a joint venture between bp, Equinor, National Grid ‎Ventures, Shell, and TotalEnergies – with bp leading as operator.‎
• The Northern Endurance Partnership’s East Coast Cluster, which unites the Humber and Teesside ‎with infrastructure to decarbonize industry and establish a platform for economic growth, was ‎selected as a track one cluster in the UK government’s first phase of the carbon capture, usage ‎and storage (CCUS) cluster sequencing process.
• By uniting the Net Zero Teesside and Zero Carbon Humber projects, the East Coast Cluster ‎represents the UK’s biggest opportunity to:‎
• Decarbonize industry: transporting and storing almost 50% of the UK’s total industrial ‎cluster emissions.‎
• Support low carbon levelling-up: creating and supporting an average of 25,000 jobs per ‎year to 2050 and underpinning new low carbon industries in the north of England.‎
• Kick-start a hydrogen economy: supporting the creation of low carbon hydrogen projects ‎to deliver 70% of the UK’s hydrogen target for 2030.‎
• Demonstrate global net zero leadership: establishing the Humber and Teesside as a ‎globally competitive low carbon hub for industry and innovation, creating international ‎momentum towards net zero.‎