UK-based SPP Pumps has secured a contract to supply a fire water pump package for the NZT Power development, a scheme targeting status as the world’s first gas-fired power station with carbon capture and storage (CCS).
The scope of supply includes a large, engineered pump house featuring diesel engine and electric motor-driven FM-approved split-case fire water pumps. The package will also incorporate a secondary start system, fire suppression system, OH2 pressure maintenance pumps, local control systems, and associated safety equipment.
Headquartered in Gloucestershire, SPP Pumps expects to allocate around 50 personnel to the project. The contract is also set to support the company’s apprenticeship programme, which currently includes approximately 15 apprentices, with plans to recruit a further five over the next year.
NZT Power is designed to generate up to 742 MW of flexible, dispatchable low-carbon electricity – sufficient to meet the annual demand of more than one million UK homes. The facility will capture up to two million tonnes of CO2 annually, with transportation and storage handled by the Northern Endurance Partnership infrastructure.
“The NZT Power project is an important milestone for SPP,” said Tom Salmon, Group Business Development Manager. “While we have a long history of supplying pump equipment to energy, power, municipal, and other traditional sectors, the opportunity to work on a prestigious CCS project provides a strong foundation for our growth in the energy transition sector in the UK and abroad.”
The EPC contract for NZT Power is being delivered by a consortium led by Technip Energies, alongside GE Vernova and construction partner Balfour Beatty.
