LAND AT AND IN THE VICINITY OF THE FORMER REDCAR STEEL WORKS SITE REDCAR AND STOCKTON ON TEES TEESSIDE
Description
Partial Re-Discharge of Requirement 3 paragraph (1) and (8) 'Detailed Design' of reference number EN010103 for the Net Zero Teesside Order 2024 (the ‘Order’), which was made by the Secretary of State for the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero pursuant to section 114 ‘Grant or refusal of development consent’ of the Planning Act 2008 on 16 February 2024. The Order grants development consent for a full chain carbon capture, utilisation and storage (‘CCUS’) project, comprising a combined cycle gas turbine (‘CCGT’) electricity generating station with a gross output capacity of up to 860 MWe, a natural gas supply connection and AGIs, an electricity grid connection, water supply connections, waste water disposal connections, a CO2 gathering network, a high-pressure CO2 compressor station, a dense phase CO2 export pipeline, temporary construction and laydown areas, and access and highway improvement works. The Development would be located on land at and in the vicinity of the former Redcar Steel Works site, Redcar and in Stockton-on-Tees, Teesside, within the jurisdiction of Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council and Stockton on Tees Borough Council.
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