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…

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…

Nick Cooper (CEO of Storegga) on behalf of the Scottish Cluster said: “Whilst we are disappointed of the outcome of the sequencing bid, we remain convinced of the potential and significant advantages of the Scottish Cluster and are committed to the development of CCS to support decarbonisation of UK industry and power. We have been very clear…

The Acorn Project which provides the backbone CO2 transport and storage infrastructure for the Scottish Cluster, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (“MoU”) with Project Cavendish (a collaboration between Arup, VPI, National Grid Ventures, Shell, SSE Thermal and Uniper). Project Cavendish aims to establish a 700MW low carbon hydrogen production facility based in the Thames…

INEOS and Petroineos at Grangemouth fully support the Scottish Government targets to reduce emissions to net zero by 2045 as part of a just transition to a low carbon economy. Today, it announces the next phase of its Road Map to deliver emissions savings of more than 60% across the site by 2030 as it…

Nick Cooper, Chief Executive of Storegga, lead developer of Acorn CCS and Hydrogen Project, welcomed the UK Hydrogen Strategy, commenting: “Hydrogen is crucial to rapidly support our low carbon transition and is a major tool in the UK reaching Net Zero. The ambition of the UK’s first Hydrogen Strategy is encouraging and more definition of…

The Scottish Cluster, led by a cross-sector group of Scottish industrial CO2 emitters and the Acorn Carbon Capture and Storage (“CCS”) and Hydrogen Project Partners, is pleased to publish the key findings of a report on the employment impact of the Scottish Cluster in Scotland. The report was commissioned by Storegga, the lead developer of…

Milestone agreement shows momentum towards historic opportunity to decarbonise Scottish industrial cluster Storegga – through its wholly owned subsidiary Pale Blue Dot Energy -, Shell U.K. (“Shell”) and Harbour Energy (“Harbour”), the partners in the Acorn Project are pleased to announce the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (“MoU”) with two key industrial customers on…

Carbon Clean selected to provide the carbon capture technology to the Acorn Project’s FEED study The Acorn Project is one of the most mature carbon capture and storage projects in the UK; it provides critical infrastructure to enable British and European industries to decarbonise Carbon Clean and Pale Blue Dot have both received UK Government…