Project:
466 - Peak Cluster - Carbon Capture
Description:
Peak Cluster is an integrated chain (capture sites ? pipeline/AGIs ? coastal interface ? offshore storage). If any link is delayed or fails (consenting, construction, storage readiness, commercial agreements), the system may not operate as intended. Long-term monitoring and liability for stored CO? must also be explicit.
Desired Outcome:
A deliverable, fully interfaced plan with clear risk ownership: schedule realism, consent strategy, interface agreements, storage capacity/availability certainty, emergency response planning, and long-term liability arrangements.
What Could Go Wrong:
The pipeline is built before capture and/or storage are ready (or vice versa), producing stranded assets, extended disruption, and escalating claims and compensation. Unclear long-term liability creates a future public burden.
Current Situation:
The project is progressing through early-stage consultation, but key dependencies and responsibility boundaries can remain unclear to the public (who owns what risk, and for how long).
Action Strategy:
1. Create an interface map (who owns each link, contractual handoffs, acceptance criteria). 2. Require a dependency schedule with critical path and confidence levels. 3. Publish risk allocation and long-term liability framework (monitoring duration, funding, transfer conditions). 4. Define safety case expectations (pipeline integrity, incident response, stakeholder notification). 5. Track consenting risks and mitigation commitments by route section.
Concern Category:
C1 Feasibility/Business Case
Analysis: Not available
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