Germany’s Uniper has named Australia-based Worley as the preferred EPC (Engineering, Procurement and Construction) contractor for its up-to-1.38GW gas-fired combined-cycle power project with carbon capture and storage (CCS) at Connah’s Quay in Deeside, Wales, UK — the “Connah’s Quay Low Carbon Power (CQLCP)” project, it is reported.
It is reported that Uniper and Worley each issued official announcements on July 23. Uniper is a power generation and energy supply company headquartered in Düsseldorf, Germany, operating gas, coal and low-carbon power projects across Europe, it is reported. Following a competitive FEED (Front-End Engineering Design) process between two bidders that began in December 2024, Worley was confirmed as the preferred contractor; the project has not yet reached a final EPC contract or final investment decision (FID), it is reported. The project reportedly applied for a Development Consent Order (DCO) from the UK government in August of last year and is awaiting the outcome of that review. Gas turbines for power generation will be supplied by Germany’s Siemens Energy, while carbon capture technology will be provided by SLB Capturi, both forming an integrated team with Worley, it is reported. Captured CO2 is planned to be transported to an offshore depleted gas field storage site within the HyNet industrial cluster, with a target capture rate of at least 95%, it is reported.
It is reported that the project is a low-carbon power development tied to the UK government’s HyNet industrial cluster carbon capture and storage infrastructure, combining gas-fired generation with carbon capture facilities. The HyNet cluster is a large-scale carbon capture and storage infrastructure project that gathers CO2 from industrial facilities across North West England and North Wales for transport to an offshore storage site, and the Connah’s Quay project is reported to be one of the power generation projects tied into that cluster.
Implications for Korea’s Industry
With low-carbon power projects combining gas generation and carbon capture continuing to be awarded across Europe, it is reported that Korean companies with an interest in related equipment and EPC markets may find it worthwhile to study industrial-cluster- based carbon capture and storage business models such as HyNet.
The outcome of the Development Consent Order review, the signing of a final EPC contract, and the timing of the final investment decision are reported to be worth watching.