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The company's website refers to the project as a 475 megawatt plant which could be "either as a Combined Cycle Gas Turbine (CCGT) or as an Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC) plant, allowing for carbon capture and storage capabilities to be retrofitted." The company also states that "the target date for the start of commercial operation is 2016-2017."<ref>C.GEN, [http://www.cgenpower.com/kgh/index.html "Project Killingholme"], CGEN website, accessed October 2012.</ref>
The project is currently being considered for a Development Consent Order, a process summarized by the company as follows:<ref name=Planning>[http://www.cgenpower.com/kgh/kgh_planning_consultation.html "Planning,"] C.GEN website, accessed July 2014</ref>
:Under Section 31 of the Planning Act 2008 (PA 2008) a Development Consent Order is required to authorise a Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project (NSIP). In England, an onshore electricity generating station is considered to be a NSIP if the generating capacity is more than 50 MWe. North Killingholme Power Project is 470 MW, so it is a NSIP.
:Development consent for a NSIP (and associated development) may only be granted by a DCO following an application under Section 37 of the PA 2008 (as amended by the Localism Act 2011). In certain circumstances an application for a DCO needs to be accompanied by an Environmental Statement. North Killingholme Power Project requires an Environmental Statement to accompany the DCO.
A recommendation was made in June 2014 to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, and a decision will be announced in September 2014.<ref name=Planning/>
==Project Details of proposed North Killingholme IGCC Project==
*'''Location:''' Killingholme, Yorkshire
*'''Coordinates:''' 53.657, -0.255 (approximate)
*'''Status:''' Cancelled Shelved (CCS-finance dependent)
*'''Capacity:''' 520 MW
*'''Type:''' [[Carbon capture and storage]]
