German company Everllence is to supply the carbon dioxide compression systems for Net Zero Teesside Power (NZT Power) and the Northern Endurance Partnership (NEP) in north-east England.

Everllence will supply five centrifugal compressor trains for two different stages of the compression process: two integrally geared compressors (type RG) will boost wet CO₂ at low pressure, driven by fixed-speed motors with soft starters and regulated through inlet guide vanes.

The three radial barrel compressors (type RB) will process dry CO₂ at high pressure for offshore transmission via the Northern Endurance Partnership network.

The supply also includes lubrication and control systems, and process-specific auxiliary equipment. In total, the five systems can compress over 370,000kg of CO₂ per hour.

NZT Power is poised to be the UK’s first commercial-scale gas-fired power plant with integrated carbon capture and storage (CCS).

NEP, a joint venture between BP, Equinor and TotalEnergies, will provide the transportation and storage backbone of the East Coast Cluster, gathering CO₂ from NZT Power and other industrial sources and permanently storing it in offshore geological formations beneath the North Sea.

Developed as a joint venture between BP and Equinor, NZT Power will generate more than 740MW of dispatchable low-carbon electricity.

Combined with emissions from additional industrial sources, NEP’s infrastructure will eventually be able to transport and store up to 10 million tonnes of CO2 annually from the Tees Valley region.

Dr Uwe Lauber, CEO of Everllence, said the set-up would deliver proof of how flexible gas-fired plants could become part of a Net Zero energy system using carbon capture.

Dr Marco Ernst, Head of Segment CCUS at Everllence, said the company’s compressor portfolio was designed to meet the full range of process conditions in CO₂ service – from low-pressure to high-pressure applications, liquefaction, and pipeline transport.

Felipe Arbelaez, BP’s Senior Vice-President of hydrogen and carbon capture & storage, said the progress of both projects is a demonstration of the power of the private and public sectors coming together to deliver integrated low carbon energy projects.

“They will create value for the region, partners, customers and BP,” he said. “The projects further demonstrate BP’s focused and value–driven strategy for hydrogen and CCS – delivered together with our partners while maintaining our disciplined capital-light model.”