CCS competition

Interesting.

BP have just announced that they have pulled out of the governments CCS competition - leaving just three competitors (Kingsnorth [Eon], Longannet [Scottish & Southern], Peel power) in the mix.

What's even more interesting is that RWE are trying to force a judicial review to get their power stations back into the competition.

The competition does take a long time, and it's interesting to try and work out what could be fitted with CCS (by the competition) within the relevant timescales.

The answer is perhaps Blyth (or so I've heard), a proposed RWE power station in Northumberland; the competition is dragging so much that investement decisions have to be made prior to the outcome.
Whilst CCS can of course be retrofitted the companies just may not wish to go down this route.

Of course the EU's ban on coal fired power stations may just stop everything.