A report by Carbon Tracker found serious omissions and shortcomings in SSE and Equinor’s Environmental Impact Assessment of the proposed Peterhead gas power plant with carbon capture. The true climate pollution could be five times greater than disclosed, and could amount to an extra 1 million tonnes of greenhouse gases.
The underestimate is driven by three major factors:
– failure to include of emissions related to the production and transport of natural gas to burned onsite
– emissions created during periods of unplanned outage of the carbon capture plant are not estimated
– the rate of carbon capture might be lower than claimed by the developers
If it goes ahead, the plant is scheduled to continue burning fossil fuels until 2059 – 14 years after Scotland has committed to reach net zero emissions by.
Friends of the Earth Scotland is calling on the Scottish Government to order SSE and Equinor to resubmit their Environmental Impact Assessment, addressing these factors. A webinar on 26 November, 6-7 pm will discuss the research and the real climate impact of Peterhead power station, and what to do about it.
You can email your MSPs about the Peterhead plant here.