Acorn

Acorn is a joint venture of companies which is considered to be the backbone of the Scottish Cluster. Acorn is working on three linked projects: Acorn Carbon Capture project that aims at the construction of a carbon capture plant for the decarbonisation of two St. Fergus Gas Terminals. Acorn Hydrogen project that aims at the construction of a Blue Hydrogen facility adjacent to the two St. Fergus Gas Terminals. Acorn Transport & Storage project that aims at the transportation of the captured CO2 for permanent storage under the North Sea using repurposed pipelines and ships.
Project type:CaptureStorageTransport Participants:Storegga Shell Harbour Energy and NSMP Country:United Kingdom Type of capture:Cluster (multiple industrial sources) IOGP members involved: Shell Planned start of operation: 2024 CO2 capacity at start date: 0.8 CO2 capacity after completion: 5 Status: Advanced Development Type of storage: Offshore - Depleated Gas Field (Goldeneye Field), British North Sea Funding and support scheme: Project of common interest, National Funding Info related to the funding and support scheme: The Acorn CO2 SAPLING project is listed as a European Project of Common Interest (PCI) and received funding of EUR 0.3M in 2018 then EUR 2.8M early 2019 plus a further EUR 7.9M from the EU Connecting Europe Facility, as well as funding support from UK and Scottish Governments. Notes: 30Mt is the estimated total storage for the first storage location within the Acorn CO2 Storage Site (the Goldeneye store) that we are progressing as part of the phase 1 Acorn CCS project. However, the resource within the complete Acorn CO2 Storage Licence is expected to be around 150Mt. - The CO2 SAPLING project is the transportation infrastructure component of the Acorn full chain Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) project.Acorn CO2 SAPLING project aims at the establishment of an onshore CO2 transport network in the area of Central Scotland using the existing No.10 Feeder pipeline and moreover, at the establishment of CO2 import/export facilities in the port of Peterhead. The transport capacity of the project is estimated to be 12Mtpa of domestic and imported CO2. The CO2 will be stored at the Acorn CO2 Storage Site (the Captain Aquifer). Links: https://www.theacornproject.uk/