The Humber Carbon Capture Pipeline is a proposed underground, onshore pipeline with above ground installations that aims to transport carbon dioxide produced by industrial projects in the Humber region to secure offshore storage under the North Sea.

The proposed Humber Carbon Capture Pipeline is an important part of the Northern Endurance Partnership’s end-to-end carbon dioxide transportation and storage infrastructure network, which enables the East Coast Cluster.

The East Coast Cluster, which serves the industrial powerhouse regions of Teesside and the Humber, has been selected as one of the first two carbon capture, usage, and storage (CCUS) clusters to be taken forward by the UK Government. It includes a diverse mix of projects, including industrial carbon capture, low-carbon hydrogen production, negative emissions power, and power with carbon capture. These technologies are essential for the UK to meet its net zero targets; both regions would also benefit from an influx of green jobs, skills development and supply chain benefits.

Net Zero North Sea Storage Limited is progressing the Humber Carbon Capture Pipeline, a proposed onshore infrastructure project that would transport carbon dioxide from carbon capture projects in the Humber region to secure offshore storage under the North Sea.

This infrastructure is crucial to achieving net zero in the Humber – the UK’s most carbon intensive industrial region.

Consultation

Thank you for engaging with our consultation for the Humber Carbon Capture Pipeline (HCCP) project which ran during the summer of 2024. We are in the process of reviewing the feedback we have received, and plan to undertake another round of consultation with local communities and key stakeholders in mid-2025.

The project team is in the process of analysing the responses from key stakeholders and the public to implement changes to the route. So far, some of the most common themes of feedback we have received so far are:

• Concern about impact of construction traffic – This was the most frequently raised issue, and we recognise this is something local people are very concerned about. We are looking at a range of options for how traffic impacts can be best reduced and managed. We will be engaging further with Highways England, the relevant Councils and Parish Councils.
• Concern around disruption to communities and properties – The pipeline avoids properties and communities and passes largely through agricultural land. We will continue to look for opportunities to refine the route of the pipeline to minimise disturbance to local residents and landowners.
• Impact on farmland - If you are a landowner and think you are affected by the proposed pipeline, please contact the lands team on 01869 629007, or via email at HCCP@dalcourmaclaren.com, who will work with you to consider your specific situation.
• Concern that works may impact drainage or cause flooding – We are undertaking a detailed drainage study and will look carefully at how to reduce and minimise the impacts on drainage and of flooding.

We are considering these issues carefully and will be using the feedback received to help evolve the pipeline proposals.

The next steps are:

• January 2025 – Our EIA Scoping Report will be sent to consultees for feedback on the scope of our proposed assessment of key topics, including traffic, heritage, ecology and agriculture.
• Early 2025 – Further engagement with Parish Councils.
• Mid 2025 – Second round of consultation (this is our formal statutory consultation).

In the new year we will also be talking to communities on either side of the Humber about ground investigations we need to undertake to trial how we could lay the pipeline under the Estuary. We intend to apply for planning permission to test a Horizontal Directional Drilling (HDD) technique, which is a different way of laying a pipeline. If approved, these works would look to take place in late 2025.

If the HDD technique is shown to work, it will create an opportunity to benefit local communities, as it would mean we can lay the full pipeline more quickly and with less disruption than undertaking a Tunnelling method.

You can sign up to be notified on how the Project progresses by emailing us at info@nephccp.co.uk or by registering for updates here.

Location

The pipeline would be built between Drax in North Yorkshire and the coast north of Easington in the East Riding of Yorkshire, via North Lincolnshire. The proposed pipeline corridor we are considering is outlined below.

Detailed maps of our proposed route can be found in our document library here.