VH Global Sustainable Energy Opportunities plc announced a major milestone for its 10MW UK flexible power asset with carbon capture and re-use. Following the successful completion of a series of hot commissioning tests by Landmark Power (LMPH), Yellow Power and Rolls Royce MTU under the supervision of National Grid Energy Distribution ("NGED"), the operations of the asset's power plant, comprising four Rolls Royce 16V engines, has now been transferred to operating partner LMPH. The testing and commissioning process took two weeks during which time the units successfully generated power to the grid.

The timeline for the testing and integration of the CCR element of the asset is still on track to be complete in the second half of the year with all key equipment, including the Asco CO2 scrubbing units and exhaust piping, now on site and installed. This combined heat and power plant brings together high-efficiency, gas-fired engines technology with a CCR system that will produce highly efficient flexible power, helping to ensure the delivery of dependable power in the UK amidst increasing penetration of intermittent renewable energy. Furthermore, by utilising carbon capture technology on the gas-fired component, the project will capture and purify the CO2 exhaust, while addressing the structural shortage the industrial gases market is facing by selling the purified food-grade CO2 commercially.

The key project partners include Rolls Royce, Mitsubishi Turboden, Climeon and Asco.