8 July 2024 – The Northern Endurance Partnership (NEP) has today launched a public consultation on the Humber Carbon Capture Pipeline (HCCP), a proposed onshore infrastructure project that would transport carbon dioxide, captured from carbon capture projects in the Humber region, to secure offshore storage under the North Sea.
The HCCP is an important part of the Northern Endurance Partnership’s (NEP) end-to-end carbon dioxide transportation and storage infrastructure network serving Teesside and the Humber. The East Coast Cluster (ECC)is one of the first two carbon capture, usage and storage clusters to be taken forward by the UK government to deliver ambitious projects, essential to help the UK meet its net zero targets.
By enabling the decarbonisation of a wide range of existing and proposed carbon capture projects, the HCCP and the ECC stand ready to help achieve net zero in the Humber – the UK’s most carbon intensive industrial region – protect thousands of jobs and establish the region as a globally-competitive lower carbon hub for industry and innovation.
The HCCP is a proposed onshore pipeline which would run between Drax in North Yorkshire and Easington in the East Riding of Yorkshire, via North Lincolnshire.
Running from 9 July until 20 August 2024, the consultation offers communities living and working in the Humber region the opportunity to see and comment on emerging proposals. As part of the consultation, the project team will share maps showing the proposed pipeline corridor and early details of the pipeline, and its associated infrastructure.
Local communities are encouraged to give feedback in person at events (details below), online at www.nephccp.co.uk or via email at info@nephccp.co.uk
The HCCP is a Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project (NSIP) under the Planning Act 2008 and will require a Development Consent Order (DCO). The project team will review the feedback following this early-stage consultation and will consider this in further development of the design.
There will then be another round of consultation before the project applies for consent. The application for the DCO will be submitted to the Planning Inspectorate and the final decision will be made by the relevant Secretary of State on behalf of the Government.
Chris Daykin, General Manager, Northern Endurance Partnership, said: “The Northern Endurance Partnership’s Humber Carbon Capture Pipeline is important to helping the decarbonisation of the Humber and supports UK net zero ambitions. As the project develops it would bring significant economic benefits to the local area, including jobs and supply chain opportunities, as it transforms into a globally competitive lower carbon hub. I encourage the communities living and working around the Humber region to engage with the consultation to understand our plans and the benefits they can bring.”
| Venue | Date |
| West Halton Village Hall | Tuesday 16 July, 4-8pm |
| Goxhill Memorial Hall | Wednesday 17 July, 4-8pm |
| Easington Community Hall | Thursday 18 July, 4-8pm |
| Rawcliffe Village Hall | Saturday 20 July, 10am-2pm |
| Drax Village Hall | Monday 22 July, 4-8pm |
| Paull Village Hall | Wednesday 24 July, 4-8pm |
| South Killingholme Community Centre | Thursday 25 July, 4-8pm |
| Wootton Village Hall | Saturday 27 July, 10am-2pm |
| Crowle Community Hall | Tuesday 30 July, 4-8pm |
| Garthorpe Village Hall | Wednesday 31 July, 4-8pm |
| Online webinar | Tuesday 6 August, 6-7pm |
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About the Northern Endurance Partnership
Net Zero North Sea Storage Limited via its Northern Endurance Partnership (NEP) project aims / plans to be the carbon dioxide transportation and storage infrastructure provider for the East Coast Cluster.
Net Zero North Sea Storage Limited (NEP) is progressing the engineering design of the Humber Carbon Capture Pipeline, a proposed onshore infrastructure project that would transport carbon dioxide, captured from carbon capture projects in the Humber region, to secure offshore storage under the North Sea.
NEP shareholders – bp, Equinor and TotalEnergies – together have significant experience successfully delivering ambitious and groundbreaking projects.
The NEP hold a storage licence for the Endurance Store, and three expansion store licenses – giving access to a total of up to 6 stores. Endurance – the largest saline aquifer in the southern North Sea – has capacity to store around 450m tonnes of CO2. With potential expansion stores the NEP’s potential storage capacity is around 1 billion tonnes.
The NEP aims to capture and store an average of 23mtpa by 2035.
About the East Coast Cluster
The East Coast Cluster is one of the UK’s first two carbon capture, usage and storage (CCUS) clusters to be taken forward by the UK government as a Track-1 cluster. It offers the potential to help decarbonize two of the UK’s biggest carbon emitting regions – Teesside and the Humber – and could remove nearly 50% of total UK industrial cluster CO2 emissions.
The ECC will be enabled by the Northern Endurance Partnership (NEP), the CO2 transportation and storage company developing the common infrastructure needed to transport CO2 from carbon capture projects across the Humber and Teesside to secure offshore storage under the North Sea.
By enabling the decarbonisation of a wide range of existing and proposed carbon capture projects, the Humber Carbon Capture Pipeline and the East Coast Cluster could help to protect thousands of existing jobs and create and support an average of 25,000 new jobs across Teesside and the Humber from 2030 NEP: Economic Assessment, Vivid Report, 5 July 2021).
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