Unlimited opportunities in the East of EnglandCOMBATINGCLIMATE CHANGEproject management skills, EDF Energy’sexperts are identifying ways of decarbonisinghomes and businesses in Leiston.DEVELOPING LOW CARBONTECHNOLOGIESOnce operational, Sizewell C will provide3.2GW of reliable, low carbon electricity eachyear for 60 years. This is enough to poweraround 6 million homes a year and, on currentprojections, will be enough to meet 7% of theUK’s total annual energy needs. That will savearound 9 million tonnes of carbon emissionsevery year, compared to a similar sized gasfired power station, so helping us reach ourNet Zero target by 2050.Sizewell is not only in an area of outstandingnatural beauty but also overlooks animportant marine habitat. That’s why, overthe last 10 years, EDF Energy has workedwith scientists from Cefas, in Lowestoft, tobetter understand this environment. Usingfundamental research from Cefas, EDFEnergy aims to develop Sizewell C in the mostsustainable way possible.EDF Energy is also looking at waysof supporting a wider energy hub ofbusinesses that are developing low carbontechnologies with the potential to deliver onthe Government’s 10 Point Plan for a GreenIndustrial Revolution. In November 2020, itannounced that it was looking for commercialpartners to work on two clean-energy relateddemonstrator projects. These will test the ideaof using spare low carbon heat from SizewellB to create green hydrogen and to facilitateDirect Air Capture (DAC) of atmospheric CO2.EDF is also committed to reducing theimpact of Sizewell C’s construction on theenvironment and improving biodiversityaround the site. It has already designatedmore than 250 hectares of land for wildlifeas part its plans. That includes convertingover 150 hectares of arable land into nativegrassland since 2015.At the same time, EDF is working withneighbouring Leiston on a project to makeit one of the first Net Zero towns in the UK.The project is led by a team of communityrepresentatives and local councils, withsupport from engineers and a number ofspecialist consultants. As well as providing22XUnlimited opportunities in the East of EnglandADDING DAC TO OUREXISTING PLANS FORHYDROGEN PRODUCTIONAT SIZEWELL C MEANSWE CAN GO EVENFURTHER TO REDUCINGCARBON EMISSIONSJulia Pyke, SZC Director of FinancingThe green hydrogen demonstrator projectaims to run an electrolyser with the potentialto produce up to 800kg of hydrogen a day. Itwould then use this in vehicles and machineson the Sizewell C construction site to reducethe use of diesel and its associated carbonemissions. EDF Energy is also working with theFreeport East consortium and other partnersin the region to see if it can supply sufficienthydrogen to meet their zero-carbon transportambitionsIn May 2021, EDF Energy announced thatSizewell C has been awarded £250,000 by theGovernment to lead a consortium of engineersand carbon capture experts at the Universityof Nottingham, Strata Technology, Atkins,and Doosan Babcock on a design study for aunique DAC system which runs on low carbonheat powered by the proposed new nuclearpower station.The Direct Air Capture demonstratorproject will test the viability of usingsome of the power station’s thermaloutput to reduce atmosphericCO2 and so potentially becomecarbon negative in operation. Ifthe demonstrator is successful,EDF Energy envisages establishinga large-scale DAC plant on theSizewell C site. If your business hasexperience in these or other relevantlow carbon technologies, pleasecontact the EDF Energy Innovationteam.Source for data on Sizewell, the Sizewell CConsortium and Ernst & Young23X
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