Geo-pressure operational statistics

• There are approximately 35,000 pressure reduction stations (PRSs) in the UK.
• 2,000+ are suitable for generating electricity in worthwhile quantities.
• The largest PRS could generate between 5 and 10 MW of electricity per hour.
• A 200 mm turbine wheel provides generating capacity of 1MW.
• 2OC’s turbine technology is currently used by 21 customers in 5 European countries, providing capacity of more than 23 MW.
• Assuming an average utilisation factor of 70%, these 21 customers are generating approximately 142.5 GWh of clean electricity per year.

The challenge for the UK’s energy industry
To reduce annual carbon emissions by between 15 and 25 MtC by 2020, and by 60% by 2050, based on the 1990 starting point for Kyoto of 149.4 MtC (Source Defra).

2OC’s potential contribution to the UK’s clean energy industry
2OC could provide generating capacity of 1000 MW, or 1GW by 2010.
As a result, 2OC would contribute an annual reduction in carbon emissions of 1MtC by 2010 and a cumulative total of 10 MtC by 2020.

Some interesting comparisons

• 1MtC is the total carbon emitted annually by the NHS.
• 1GW is the generating capacity needed to service 2,500,000 UK households.
• 1GW is the generating capacity of an average, large sized fossil fuel or nuclear power station.
• 1MtC is the total carbon emitted by 986,000 cars doing average annual mileage (12,000); put another way, using geo-pressure energy to provide capacity of 1GW would be equivalent to taking nearly one million cars off the road.