Commission Decision of 3 November 2010 laying down criteria and measures for the financing of commercial demonstration projects that aim at the environmentally safe capture and geological storage of CO2 as well as demonstration projects of innovative renewable energy technologies under the scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Community established by Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (notified under document C(2010) 7499) (2010/670/EU)

B.PROJECT REQUIREMENTSU.K.

I. Common requirements U.K.

  • The capacity thresholds laid down in Part A must be met.

  • With regard to the first round of calls for proposals, projects must demonstrate a reasonable expectation of entry into operation by 31 December 2015 on the basis of the adoption of the respective award decision by 31 December 2011.

  • All relevant national permits for the project must be in place and in line with relevant requirements under Union legislation or the relevant permit procedures under way and sufficiently advanced to ensure start-up of commercial operation could take place by 31 December 2015 for the first round on the basis of the adoption of the respective award decision by 31 December 2011.

  • The project operator has to make a binding commitment to knowledge-sharing pursuant to the requirements laid down in Article 12.

  • Projects shall be located in the territories of the Member States, their exclusive economic zones and their continental shelves.

II. CCS demonstration projects U.K.

  • Each project has to implement the full chain (capture, transport and storage).

  • Each demonstration project must implement heat integration for the capture component of the process.

  • The capture rate has to be at least 85 % of CO2 from the flue gases to which capture is applied.

  • Each project has to contain an independent research block related to safety of storage sites and improvement of monitoring technologies especially in the field of brine migration, its possible pathways and impacts.