About Acorn
Well-placed
Acorn is strategically located in Aberdeenshire to make best use of legacy oil and gas infrastructure and Scotland's excellent geology for CO2 storage. The region is also committed to developing hydrogen as a fuel of the future.
Efficient
Acorn can grow as the demand to store CO2 grows. We'll start with modest quantities to begin with and use this to kick-start a much larger CO2 transportation and storage solution.
Delivers for Net Zero
Acorn can be operating by the mid 2020s, establishing the infrastructure essential for meeting UK Net Zero targets, and helping to build a fairer, more resilient economy - transforming our carbon intensive industries and sustaining jobs.
LOW CAPITAL COST CO2
Eliminating between
5-10Mt
of CO2 per year by 2030, starting with existing CO2 emissions from the St Fergus gas terminal.
PIPELINE
REUSE
From St Fergus
420km
OFFSHORE STORAGE
Around
30%
GAS
ACCESS
Around
35%
of all natural gas used in the UK is processed at St Fergus. Natural gas supply is key to bulk hydrogen generation.
Latest news
North Sea Midstream Partners become participants in the Acorn Project
07 December 2021 – The Acorn Partners – Storegga, Shell U.K Limited (“Shell”) and Harbour Energy (“Harbour”) – are pleased to announce that North Sea Midstream Partners (“NSMP”) has acquired a 10% interest to become a participant in the Acorn Carbon Capture and Storage (“CCS”) and Hydrogen Project. Storegga, Shell and Harbour each now hold…
Partnership formed to build Scotland’s low carbon workforce
OPITO, the global safety and skills body for the energy industry, has announced the agreement of a memorandum of understanding (“MoU”) with the Acorn Project and Scottish Cluster, to develop a blueprint of industrial skilling and reskilling training for the low carbon economy. The Acorn Project, developed by Storegga in partnership with Shell UK and…