The UK Government’s Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) has granted a DCO for the HyNet North West CO₂ pipeline.
This DCO will enable the building, operation and maintenance of infrastructure to transport the captured CO₂ under the HyNet carbon capture and storage (CCS) cluster project, for which Eni is the transportation and storage operator.
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This order is said to be the first Anglo-Welsh cross-border application for a Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project (NSIP).
ENI submitted the DCO application in October 2022, and the consent order now marks the completion of a determination process that took 18 months.
The pipeline will carry CO₂ from industrial sites across the North West of England and North Wales to Eni’s depleted gas reservoirs beneath the seabed in Liverpool Bay for permanent storage.
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With an initial capacity to transport and store 4.5 million tonnes of CO₂ annually, the HyNet transportation and storage system is expected to scale up to ten million tonnes per year post-2030.
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By GlobalDataEni CEO Claudio Descalzi said: “This decision marks a significant step towards establishing a significant new industry for the country and consolidates Eni’s leading position providing a service to decarbonise both its own and third parties’ industrial activities at a competitive cost and with a fast time to market.
“This position was further reinforced following our acquisition of Neptune Energy, which gives Eni access to three additional CO₂ storage licences for a total gross storage capacity of about 1Gt in the UK.”
Last year, Eni agreed in principle with the DESNZ for a regulatory framework that will govern the HyNet CCS project.
