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Every week we re-check the projects on the map against their sources. This page lists what changed: a new stage reached, a milestone reset, a value revised, a project added. The new position, what it was before, and the source we checked it against, for the last four weeks.

Week of 9 November 2026: 4 projects changed: 2 reached a new stage, 4 milestones updated, 1 value revised.

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Week of 2 November 2026

16 projects changed: 16 reached a new stage, 12 milestones updated, 5 values revised, 2 statuses changed.

Carbon Capture · Connah's Quay, Deeside, Flintshire, Wales

Connah's Quay Low Carbon Power (Uniper, HyNet)

  • Stage: DCO (EN010166) at Secretary of State decision stage; examination completed; decision due 9 Dec 2026was: DCO application (EN010166) in examination - ExA first written questions Feb 2026
  • Next milestone: DCO decision (due 9 Dec 2026)was: Contract award / FID

Source: Planning Inspectorate - Connah's Quay Low Carbon Power (EN010166) →On the map →

Carbon Capture · Drax Power Station, Drax, Selby, North Yorkshire, England

Drax Bioenergy with Carbon Capture (BECCS)

  • Status: Pipelinewas: At tender
  • Stage: £48m UK BECCS impairment taken; development deprioritised, long-term option retained (Feb 2026)was: pipeline (shelved - possible cancellation)
  • Next milestone: Appropriate commercial and regulatory support for carbon removals; no timeline setwas: Government BECCS business model / FID

Source: Drax Group - 2025 Full Year Results (26 Feb 2026) →On the map →

Carbon Capture · Stanlow Manufacturing Complex, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, England

EET Hydrogen Production Plant 1 (HPP1, Stanlow)

  • Stage: ENKA lump sum turnkey EPC contract signed 15 Jan 2025; initial work under Limited Notice to Proceedwas: Consented; pre-construction/pre-FID - ENKA UK appointed EPC contractor under a conditional contract with a Limited Notice to Proceed phase (signed Jan 2025), FID still not taken; HyNet T&S backbone (Eni Liverpool Bay) reached financial close but HPP1's own FID remains pending
  • Next milestone: Full Notice to Proceed, then 39-month buildwas: FID / start of construction

Source: ENKA - Low Carbon Hydrogen Production Plant (HPP1) →On the map →

Carbon Capture · Immingham / South Killingholme, North East Lincolnshire, England

Humber Zero (VPI Immingham & Phillips 66 Humber Refinery Capture)

  • Stage: In development (phase one planned); potential initial emitter for Viking CCSwas: In development; anchor emitter for Viking CCS

Source: Humber Zero (VPI / Phillips 66) →On the map →

Carbon Capture · Ince, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, England

Ince Bioenergy with Carbon Capture (Evero Energy, HyNet)

  • Stage: Planning application for InBECCS submitted (reported Jul 2026); on DESNZ Track-1 expansion Project Negotiation Listwas: Planning application for InBECCS submitted May 2026; in T1x negotiations (selected Aug 2025); targeting 2029 retrofit
  • Next milestone: Planning decisionwas: Contract award / FID

Source: Bioenergy Insight - Evero submits application for UK-first BECCS facility under GGR business model →On the map →

Carbon Capture · Keadby, near Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire, England

Keadby 3 Carbon Capture Power Station (SSE Thermal & Equinor)

  • Stage: Development consent granted (7 Dec 2022); in active developmentwas: Development consent granted; awaiting business model / FID

Source: SSE Thermal / Equinor →On the map →

Carbon Capture · Depleted North & South Morecambe gas fields, East Irish Sea (offshore, operated from Barrow-in-Furness)

Morecambe Net Zero (MNZ) CO2 Storage (Spirit Energy)

  • Stage: Carbon storage licence CS010 entered Assess Phase (Jun 2026)was: Carbon storage licence CS010 - Assess Phase (Jun 2026)
  • Value: ~£5bn further construction and operations investment (developer estimate)was: ~£5bn additional investment potential (developer estimate)
  • Next milestone: Storage permit application; injection once gas production ends (end of decade)was: Storage permit application; injection once gas production ceases (~end of decade)

Source: Centrica / Spirit Energy (via World Pipelines) →On the map →

Carbon Capture · Padeswood, near Mold, Flintshire, Wales

Padeswood Cement Works Carbon Capture (HyNet)

  • Status: Pipelinewas: Live
  • Stage: Final contracts signed, marking FID (Sep 2025); construction expected shortlywas: FID taken (Sep 2025); contracts signed, construction starting
  • Value: Not disclosedwas: Part of UK's £9.4bn CCUS programme (project value not separately disclosed)
  • Next milestone: Construction startwas: Construction ramp-up; operations later this decade

Source: Heidelberg Materials / GOV.UK (DESNZ) →On the map →

Carbon Capture · Deeside Industrial Park, Deeside, Flintshire, Wales

Parc Adfer Energy from Waste Carbon Capture (Enfinium, HyNet)

  • Stage: Standby project for the HyNet carbon network (Aug 2025)was: In HyNet Track-1 expansion negotiations (standby)
  • Next milestone: Connection to HyNet should capacity become availablewas: Progression to priority / contract award

Source: GOV.UK (DESNZ) - 2,800 skilled jobs / HyNet expansion →On the map →

Carbon Capture · Tunstead / Buxton area, Derbyshire (with works in Staffordshire), England

Peak Cluster (Cement & Lime Carbon Capture)

  • Stage: Pipeline DCO (EN0710001) at pre-application; scoping opinion published 19 Feb 2026was: In development / pre-FID - National Wealth Fund equity investment secured (Mar 2026) and 'major milestone' reached Jun 2026; feeding MNZ storage which is in CS010 Assess Phase
  • Value: Not disclosedwas: ~£2bn+ investment programme; ~13,000 jobs safeguarded (developer estimate)
  • Next milestone: DCO application expected Mar 2028was: Pipeline consenting / FID alongside MNZ store

Source: Planning Inspectorate - Peak Cluster CCS Pipeline (EN0710001) →On the map →

Carbon Capture · Boddam, near Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Peterhead Carbon Capture Power Station (SSE Thermal & Equinor)

  • Stage: Section 36 application submitted; additional upstream emissions assessments completedwas: Section 36 application under determination, additional upstream emissions assessments complete, pre-construction
  • Value: Not disclosedwas: ~£2.2bn expected spend over 25 years (developer estimate)

Source: SSE Thermal - Peterhead Carbon Capture Power Station →On the map →

Carbon Capture · Ince Marshes, Protos energy hub, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, England

Protos Energy Recovery Facility Carbon Capture (HyNet)

  • Stage: Under construction since Nov 2025; piling well under way, moving into civils phase (Aug 2026)was: Contracts signed; construction starting
  • Value: Not disclosedwas: Part of UK's £9.4bn CCUS programme (project value not separately disclosed)
  • Next milestone: Civils: pile cropping and reinforced concrete foundationswas: Construction; commissioning later this decade

Source: Protos - Community Newsletter August 2026 →On the map →

Carbon Capture · Runcorn Energy Recovery Facility, Weston Point, Runcorn, Cheshire, England

Runcorn Carbon Capture Project (Viridor, HyNet)

  • Stage: Standby project in HyNet expansion negotiations (list published Aug 2025)was: Standby project for HyNet expansion as of October 2026
  • Next milestone: Progression to priority / contract awardwas: No contract or final investment decision date published as of October 2026

Source: GOV.UK (DESNZ) HyNet expansion project negotiation list (updated 1 October 2026) →On the map →

Carbon Capture · Stanlow, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, England

Silver Birch Direct Air Capture (Climeworks, HyNet)

  • Stage: Standby project for the HyNet carbon network (Aug 2025)was: Standby project for the HyNet carbon network
  • Next milestone: Connection to HyNet should capacity become availablewas: No date published for a decision on joining the network as of October 2026

Source: GOV.UK (DESNZ) - 2,800 skilled jobs / HyNet expansion →On the map →

Carbon Capture · Immingham to Theddlethorpe, Lincolnshire (storage in offshore Viking depleted gas fields)

Viking CCS CO2 Transport & Storage (Harbour Energy / bp)

  • Stage: Onshore pipeline DCO secured Apr 2025; FEED completed Q1 2025; development funding approved (Jul 2026); pre-FIDwas: DCO granted Apr 2025; DESNZ Viking CCUS Development Fund grant agreed (CMA SAU report 15 Apr 2026); pre-FID
  • Next milestone: FID, targeted in this Parliament, subject to project readiness and affordabilitywas: Government business-model agreement / FID

Source: Energy-pedia - Viking CCS development funding approved →On the map →

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