{"id":332189,"date":"2024-06-09T09:27:44","date_gmt":"2024-06-09T07:27:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=332189"},"modified":"2024-06-09T09:27:46","modified_gmt":"2024-06-09T07:27:46","slug":"legal-challenge-made-over-net-zero-power-plant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=332189","title":{"rendered":"Legal challenge made over \u2018net zero\u2019 power\u00a0plant"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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By Paul Homewood<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One more reason why the Net Zero Act must be cancelled.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UK\u2019s energy security is far too important to be put at the whim of a judge and an eco-nutjob, who is no doubt funded by far left eco groups. (It is an extremely expensive process going to judicial review, if anybody is in any doubt).<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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The decision to build a new power station faces a legal challenge over its potential greenhouse gas emissions.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Environmental consultant Dr Andrew Boswell has applied for a judicial review against the government\u2019s decision to approve a “net zero” gas power station in Teesside.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said his calculations revealed the plant, which would use carbon capture technology, would produce far more greenhouse gas emissions than initially estimated.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) said it would be “robustly defending” the legal challenge, while the developers said they did not comment on legal proceedings.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The secretary of state for the DESNZ granted a development consent order (DCO), which is required for nationally significant infrastructure projects, to the plant in February.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Developers Net Zero Teesside Power (NZT Power), a joint operation between BP and energy firm Equinor, claimed that at least 90% of the plant\u2019s generated emissions would be captured and funnelled into a storage site beneath the North Sea.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

But Dr Boswell said his calculations revealed that the developers failed to consider emissions linked to the supply and and transport of gas, such as the release of methane.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/cd1ddz14q1no<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is no secret at all about these upstream emissions. And it is also highly unlikely that the plant will achieve anywhere near 90% capture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What we also know is that CCS plants are extremely energy inefficient, ie they need much more gas to produce 1 unit of electricity than a plant without CCS. Hence these upstream emissions will be much greater too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It would therefore make much more sense all round to just build a proper CCGT plant with no carbon capture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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One more reason why the Net Zero Act must be cancelled.<\/p>\n

The UK\u2019s energy security is far too important to be put at the whim of a judge and an eco-nutjob, who is no doubt funded by far left eco groups. (It is an extremely expensive process going to judicial review, if anybody is in any doubt).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":332194,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[691829068,691828828,691821808,691818154,691829067],"class_list":["post-332189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-ccs-plants","tag-department-for-energy-security-and-net-zero-desnz","tag-energy-security","tag-net-zero","tag-power-plant","fallback-thumbnail"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/0hero-carbon-capture-solutions.webp?fit=1920%2C999&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paxLW1-1opT","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":291165,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=291165","url_meta":{"origin":332189,"position":0},"title":"British steel workers\u00a0 won\u2019t survive Net Zero","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"12\/13\/2023","format":false,"excerpt":"The UK appears to have given up on steel. 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