1 June 2006
Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE) has announced it has agreed a deal that could see it involved in the construction of the UK's first cleaner coal power plant.
Its Ferrybridge power station in Yorkshire would be the site of the new plant.
If the plant is given the green light, SSE will invest some £250 million in the project and the facility could be operating by 2011.
Around 500,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide a year would be saved when compared to a normal coal plant. Carbon capture equipment would save a further 1.7 million tonnes.
The plant would have a thermal efficiency of over 45%. Typical coal-fired power stations have an efficiency of 36% on average.
Ian Marchant, chief executive of SSE said: "Investment in the development and deployment of new and emerging technologies for generating electricity is a key part of SSE's long-term strategy for sustainable electricity generation in the UK.
"Although it is early days as far as far as this development is concerned, I believe that cleaner coal represents a very exciting opportunity for SSE and for the UK as a whole and I am looking forward to the outcome of the next phase of engineering studies."
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