The Northern Endurance Partnership (NEP) is developing the onshore and offshore infrastructure needed to transport CO₂ from carbon capture projects across Teesside and the Humber – collectively known as the East Coast Cluster – to secure storage under the North Sea. This infrastructure is crucial to achieving net zero in the UK’s most carbon-intensive industrial regions.
NEP, via the Endurance saline aquifer and adjacent stores, has access to up to 1 billion tonnes of CO₂ storage capacity. The Endurance aquifer is a large, well-characterised reservoir in the southern North Sea, and CO₂ injection into saline aquifers has been proven worldwide as a safe and secure concept. NEP holds a storage licence for the Endurance Store, as well as three expansion licences that allow for appraisal of up to five stores in total.
NEP is an incorporated joint venture established solely to develop and operate CO₂ transportation and storage infrastructure on behalf of its shareholders: bp, Equinor and TotalEnergies.
Construction is due to begin in 2025, and more than 50% of the £4 billion announced for engineering, procurement and construction contracts will be delivered through the UK supply chain. The East Coast Cluster and NEP together are enabling thousands of high-quality construction jobs locally and have the potential to support an average of 25,000 jobs per year between 2027 and 2050.
The NEP’s work is an essential and integral component of the UK’s strategy for achieving its net-zero targets and is supported by the government via the Transport & Storage Regulatory Investment (TRI) regime – a framework that unlocks private investment in long-term infrastructure by providing incentives and protections in developing a nascent CCUS market.
The North London Waste Authority (NLWA) is the statutory joint waste disposal authority for north London, one of six such authorities in England. NLWA is responsible for the disposal of waste and recycling collected by seven north London Boroughs including Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Hackney, Haringey, Islington and Waltham Forest. The area served by NLWA consists of over two million residents making NLWA the second largest waste disposal authority in the country by volume of waste managed. The Authority also arranges for the provision of reuse and recycling centres across north London.
The Authority is committed to innovation and careful planning to ensure we manage waste resources effectively and sustainably. NLWA is currently delivering The North London Heat and Power Project which addresses the need to replace the existing energy from waste facility at the Edmonton EcoPark in north London with a new modern Energy Recovery Facility. The £1.2 billion nationally significant infrastructure project is the most significant public sector investment in waste facilities London has seen for a generation.
The new Energy Recovery Facility will contribute to tackling the Climate Emergency, by diverting waste from landfill and generating low carbon heat and power. NLWA plans to capture the direct CO2 flue gas emissions from the new facility. This is in line with recommendations from the Climate Change Committee who identify that support for carbon capture and storage for energy from waste facilities is the best route for the waste sector to contribute to a net zero economy.
Net Zero Industry Wales (NZIW) was incorporated in 2022, it will work in partnership with business and academic partners operating in a wide range of energy and carbon intensive industries to enable the decarbonisation their industrial processes.
NZIW is members organisation, core funded by Welsh Government and sits under the Industry Wales (sector development partnership Wales) umbrella, which is an arms-length organisation of the same government.
Amongst the priorities of NZIW will be to assist Welsh industry in developing Net Zero aligned pathways, aggregating the individual company plans to sector specific pathways and supporting the coordination of regional infrastructure to achieve this objective, which are key to delivering and executing the decarbonisation plans.
NZIW will work to develop a strong membership base and, build lasting partnerships and support the delivery of investment from both the public & private sectors by maximising opportunities from UK-level support mechanisms whilst ensuring activities align with Welsh Government policy priorities.
NaTran is Europe’s second-largest gas transmission operator, with 32,618 km of pipes and 640 TWh of gas transported.
Embracing innovation and facing new ecological and digital challenges, NaTran is actively transforming its network. Committed to a 100% carbon-neutral French gas mix by 2050, NaTran supports the development of hydrogen and renewable gases like biomethane and gases derived from solid and liquid waste.
NaTran fulfils public service missions to guarantee the safety of gas transmission for its 879 clients (shippers, distributors, industrial companies, biomethane plants and producers). With its subsidiaries Elengy, the European leader in LNG terminal services, and NaTran Deutschland, operator of the MEGAL transmission network in Germany, NaTran plays a key role in the European gas infrastructure landscape. The company exports its expertise internationally, in particular services developed by its research center, RICE.
The National Physical Laboratory (NPL) is the UK’s national measurement institute and is a world-leading centre of excellence in developing and applying the most accurate measurement standards, science and technology. For more than a century NPL has developed and maintained the nation’s primary measurement standards. NPL has been pioneering environmental measurements for over 25 years and has a comprehensive portfolio of expertise and measurement techniques designed to solve real life monitoring problems. NPL offers a complete range of solutions from long-term routine point sampling to state-of-the-art atmospheric surveys using remote sensing techniques such as differential absorption lidar. NPL’s unique combination of staff and equipment make it one of the premier environmental measurement facilities in Europe. All measurements undertaken are of the highest quality and underpinned by accurate calibration techniques with traceability to international standards.
NPL undertake measurements for:
– Atmospheric research and large scale international monitoring campaigns involving balloon, ground based and airborne instrumentation.
– Pollution monitoring including air quality, stack and fugitive emissions.
– Bespoke monitoring provision for industrial clients, for example long term boundary fence monitoring, sampling of emissions from bulk tanker operations and offshore measurements.
– Ground based monitoring of the stratosphere.
– Monitoring diffuse sources such as landfill using open-path and remote sensing techniques.
NPL has carried out measurements of greenhouse gases for government and industry. We recently completed a TSB sponsored project, ‘C Save’ ( Carbon Storage: assessment and validation of emissions) with BP and Signal Group to develop new instrumentation for measurement of carbon dioxide losses and emissions.
In 2012 we launched The Centre for Carbon Measurement based at the National Physical Laboratory (NPL), to build on our international reputation in measurement for climate change research, technology development and environmental monitoring. The Centre is working with partners to reduce uncertainties in climate data and provide the robust measurement that is required to account for, price and trade carbon emissions. It also helps accelerate the development and adoption of low carbon technologies.
National Gas is the backbone of Britain’s energy system and comprises three National Gas businesses and Premtech:
National Gas Transmission (NGT) owns and operates the high-pressure national gas network (National Transmission System). NGT is responsible for the transportation of gas across the country’s pipeline network, ensuring a stable and reliable supply of gas to power stations, major industries and regional distribution networks.
National Gas Metering manages and maintains millions of gas meters throughout Great Britain, enabling homes and industry to access the energy they need safely and reliably.
National Gas Services encompass a range of support functions, including planned and emergency gas pipeline inspection, repair, maintenance and replacement.
Premtech provides multi-disciplinary design service for high-pressure onshore pipelines and associated infrastructure.
National Gas is committed to achieving the Government’s net-zero targets through innovation surrounding hydrogen and carbon capture. The SCO2T Connect project supports the development of Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage (CCUS) in the Scottish cluster, helping industries and power generation sites across Scotland to decarbonise, whilst also securing jobs and contributing towards economic growth for the UK.
National Gas plans to repurpose existing gas pipelines, whilst also building new connections, to provide a cost-effective solution for transporting CO2 from the central belt of Scotland to an interface point at St Fergus. Acorn will then safely transport the CO2 offshore for permanent storage.
MVV Environment is the UK subsidiary of the German energy company MVV Umwelt, providing sustainable and efficient solutions for waste-fired energy generation to publicly and privately owned waste disposal companies, and to local authorities.
MVV entered the UK market in October 2008, bidding primarily for public sector waste contracts across the country. Now established as a responsible and growing group of companies in the UK, MVV operates three EfW and Biomass facilities treating over 650,000 tonnes of household residual waste and biomass a year.
Our largest project in the UK so far is the Devonport Energy from Waste Combined Heat and Power Facility in Plymouth. Since 2015, this modern and efficient facility has been using up to 265,000 tonnes of household, commercial and industrial residual waste per year to generate electricity and heat, notably for Her Majesty’s Naval Base Devonport in Plymouth. In Dundee, we have taken over the existing Baldovie Energy from Waste facility and have built a new, state of the art facility alongside it. From 2022, the two facilities will use up to 220,000 tonnes of municipal, commercial and industrial waste per year for the generation of usable energy.
We are currently developing a new Energy from Waste facility in Wisbech (Cambridgeshire) and others in separate locations in the UK.
Biomass is another key focus of our activities in the UK and demonstrates our responsibility towards society when it comes to promoting the use of renewable energy. Our biomass power facility at Ridham Dock, Kent, uses up to 195,000 tonnes of waste and non-recyclable wood per year to generate green electricity.
MOL Group Vision: We will develop a variety of social infrastructure businesses in addition to traditional shipping businesses, and will meet the evolving social needs, including environmental conservation, with innovative technology and services.
MOL Group aims to be a strong and resilient corporate group that provides new value to all stakeholders and grows globally.
MOL Group Environmental Vision: For the next generation on board this planet, the MOL Group will work collaboratively with our partners and stakeholders with creativity to resolve environmental issues. We will continue to provide solutions for issues of high importance such as the preservation of the marine environment, protection of biodiversity and prevention of air pollution, and in order to tackle climate change with utmost urgency, the MOL Group will make a concerted effort to achieve net zero GHG emissions by 2050. With these contributions for the sustainable development of our society and the preservation of nature, from the blue oceans, we sustain people’s lives and ensure a prosperous future
MOL Group aims to build a world-leading CO₂ carriage service. It has partnered with Larvik Shipping, the only current liquid CO₂ cargo shipping operator. It has developed designs of multiple hull forms for liquid CO₂ carriers, conducted comparative studies of onboard vessel CO₂ separation and capture methods. MOL has agreed working partnerships with a range of CO₂ capture and CO₂ sequestration projects.
