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Canadian and international activities related to clean coal technologies
ASIA
Japan Discussing Emissions-Free Coal Power Plant
April 22, 2007 - TOKYO (Nikkei) – Japan is in talks with the U.S. and three other countries about jointly developing a next-generation coal power plant that discharges virtually no carbon dioxide into the air because it stores almost all the CO2 generated in an underground facility, government sources said. It is expected that the new power station to be developed will be able to cut CO2 emissions by about 20%, compared to conventional ones, just by gasifying coal with oxygen before burning it. The carbon dioxide generated at the power plant will then be liquefied and locked in an underground storage facility, reducing CO2 emissions to virtually zero.
The plant would have a capacity of about 280,000 kilowatts. Although the new type of power plant will cost twice as much to build and operate as a conventional coal power station, it is hoped that the project will became profitable by the 2020s.
Japan Discussing Emissions-Free Coal Power Plant
April 22, 2007 - TOKYO (Nikkei) – Japan is in talks with the U.S. and three other countries about jointly developing a next-generation coal power plant that discharges virtually no carbon dioxide into the air because it stores almost all the CO2 generated in an underground facility, government sources said. It is expected that the new power station to be developed will be able to cut CO2 emissions by about 20%, compared to conventional ones, just by gasifying coal with oxygen before burning it. The carbon dioxide generated at the power plant will then be liquefied and locked in an underground storage facility, reducing CO2 emissions to virtually zero.
The plant would have a capacity of about 280,000 kilowatts. Although the new type of power plant will cost twice as much to build and operate as a conventional coal power station, it is hoped that the project will became profitable by the 2020s.
Mitsubi Heavy Industries
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries is supplying a 250 MW coal-based integrated gasification combined cycle plant in Japan for mid-2007 startup. It is being built at roughly one-half commercial scale as a demonstration unit to prove out new technologies for an advanced IGCC plant.
For more information on the MHI project, see the article published in Gas Turbine World
(PDF, 665 KB).
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries is supplying a 250 MW coal-based integrated gasification combined cycle plant in Japan for mid-2007 startup. It is being built at roughly one-half commercial scale as a demonstration unit to prove out new technologies for an advanced IGCC plant.
For more information on the MHI project, see the article published in Gas Turbine World
(PDF, 665 KB).
AUSTRALIA
ZeroGen Clean Coal Power Demonstration Project
The ZeroGen Pty Ltd. project will convert coal to a synthesis gas removing CO2 and other gases to produce a fuel rich in hydrogen used to generate power in an Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC) power plant. The CO2 once separated, will be compressed and transported via pipeline approximately 220 km to Central Queensland for storage in the deep saline aquifers present in the area.
For more information on the ZeroGen project, see their Website.
ZeroGen Clean Coal Power Demonstration Project
The ZeroGen Pty Ltd. project will convert coal to a synthesis gas removing CO2 and other gases to produce a fuel rich in hydrogen used to generate power in an Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC) power plant. The CO2 once separated, will be compressed and transported via pipeline approximately 220 km to Central Queensland for storage in the deep saline aquifers present in the area.
For more information on the ZeroGen project, see their Website
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BP and Rio Tinto plan clean coal project for Western Australia
BP and Rio Tinto announced that they are beginning feasibility studies and work on plans for the potential development of a coal-fired power generation project at Kwinana in Western Australia that would be fully integrated with carbon capture and storage to reduce its emissions of greenhouse gases.
The planned project would be an industrial-scale coal-fired power and carbon capture and storage project. It would generate enough electricity to meet 15% of the demand of south west Western Australia, while each year capturing and permanently storing about four million tonnes of carbon dioxide which otherwise would have been emitted to the atmosphere.
For more information, see a news item.
BP and Rio Tinto announced that they are beginning feasibility studies and work on plans for the potential development of a coal-fired power generation project at Kwinana in Western Australia that would be fully integrated with carbon capture and storage to reduce its emissions of greenhouse gases.
The planned project would be an industrial-scale coal-fired power and carbon capture and storage project. It would generate enough electricity to meet 15% of the demand of south west Western Australia, while each year capturing and permanently storing about four million tonnes of carbon dioxide which otherwise would have been emitted to the atmosphere.
For more information, see a news item
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CANADA
The Canadian Clean Power Coalition
The CCPC's mandate is to research, develop and demonstrate commercially viable clean coal technology. The CCPC plans to build a full-scale, coal-fired demonstration plant in the next decade. The demonstration plant, expected to be in operation by 2012, will be designed to remove greenhouse gas and all other emissions of concern from a 'greenfield' facility.
For more information, visit the CCPC Website.
The Canadian Clean Power Coalition
The CCPC's mandate is to research, develop and demonstrate commercially viable clean coal technology. The CCPC plans to build a full-scale, coal-fired demonstration plant in the next decade. The demonstration plant, expected to be in operation by 2012, will be designed to remove greenhouse gas and all other emissions of concern from a 'greenfield' facility.
For more information, visit the CCPC Website
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Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage: A Compendium of Canada’s Participation
This report, prepared for Natural Resources Canada, highlights current activities within Canada related to CO2 capture and storage.
http://www.nrcan-rncan.gc.ca/com/resoress/publications/carbone/carbone-eng.php
This report, prepared for Natural Resources Canada, highlights current activities within Canada related to CO2 capture and storage.
http://www.nrcan-rncan.gc.ca/com/resoress/publications/carbone/carbone-eng.php
Clean Coal: A Compendium of Canada's Participation
http://www.nrcan-rncan.gc.ca/com/resoress/publications/carbone/coalcarbon-eng.php
The Dodds-Roundhill Coal Gasification Project
Sherritt International Corporation plans to build a surface coal mine and a coal gasification facility and an oxygen plant that will process coal feedstock to produce synthesis gas (syngas), which is a mixture composed mainly of hydrogen, carbon monoxide, and carbon dioxide. The syngas can be used as a fuel, as a petrochemical feedstock or further processed to high purity hydrogen. The proposed project will be located approximately 80 km southeast of Edmonton, Alberta.
For more information: http://www.epcor.ca/en-ca/social-responsibility/initiatives-consultation/alberta/Dodds-Roundhill/Pages/default.aspx
Sherritt International Corporation plans to build a surface coal mine and a coal gasification facility and an oxygen plant that will process coal feedstock to produce synthesis gas (syngas), which is a mixture composed mainly of hydrogen, carbon monoxide, and carbon dioxide. The syngas can be used as a fuel, as a petrochemical feedstock or further processed to high purity hydrogen. The proposed project will be located approximately 80 km southeast of Edmonton, Alberta.
For more information: http://www.epcor.ca/en-ca/social-responsibility/initiatives-consultation/alberta/Dodds-Roundhill/Pages/default.aspx
The SaskPower Clean Coal Project
SaskPower's innovative Clean Coal Project is examining the feasibility of designs that will see the capture of over 90% of a major contributor to global warming: carbon dioxide (CO2). For more information on the SaskPower Clean Coal Project, see SaskPower Website.
SaskPower defers decision on Clean Coal Project. For more information, see their Website.
SaskPower's innovative Clean Coal Project is examining the feasibility of designs that will see the capture of over 90% of a major contributor to global warming: carbon dioxide (CO2). For more information on the SaskPower Clean Coal Project, see SaskPower Website
.SaskPower defers decision on Clean Coal Project. For more information, see their Website
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TransAlta and EPCOR Keephills 3 Power Project
TransAlta Corporation and EPCOR Utilities Inc. plan to build the 450 megawatt (MW) Keephills 3 power project about 70 km west of Edmonton, Alberta. Commissioning is expected to be completed by the end of the first quarter of 2011. For more information see TransAlta Website.
TransAlta Corporation and EPCOR Utilities Inc. plan to build the 450 megawatt (MW) Keephills 3 power project about 70 km west of Edmonton, Alberta. Commissioning is expected to be completed by the end of the first quarter of 2011. For more information see TransAlta Website.
TransAlta and Alstom Power have agreed to develop a carbon capture and storage project in Alberta, Canada
TransAlta Corporation, a Canadian power generation company, and Alstom, a global leader in power generation technology, announced in April 2008 the signing of an agreement to develop a CO2 capture and storage (CCS) project in Alberta, Canada. The project will be a pilot demonstration of Alstom’s proprietary Chilled Ammonia Process. TransAlta’s plans to retrofit the technology at one of its coal fired generating stations so as to reduce CO2 emissions from the plant.
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EUROPE
The Vatenfall Pilot Plant
In 2005 Vattenfall decided on building the 30 MW oxy-fuel pilot plant. The pilot plant is located near the existing lignite-fired 1600 MW power plant in Schwarze Pumpe, Germany. Operation of the pilot plant is scheduled to start mid 2008. The plant is scheduled to operate for at least 10 years. The pilot plant is an important milestone toward Vattenfall’s long-term research and development project called the CO2 free power plant. The aim is to design a 250 MW electricity demonstration plant and create a commercial concept available by 2020, at the latest.
For more information on this Vattenfall project, see Vattenfall Website
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UNITED KINGDON
UK's Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Plant Competition
On October 11, 2007, British Prime Minister John Hutton announced that the Government will launch a competition to support a single commercial-scale post-combustion coal-fired project. The project should demonstrate post-combustion CCS on a coal-fired power station, with CO2 stored offshore. The Government will consider a phased approach to the project as long as the full CCS chain is demonstrated by 2014, and the project captures around 90% of the CO2 emitted by the equivalent of 300MW generating capacity as soon as possible thereafter.
For further information contact:
Renée Filiatrault
British High Commission, Ottawa
Telephone: +1-613-364-6131
Email: renee.filiatrault@fco.gov.uk
UK's Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Plant Competition
On October 11, 2007, British Prime Minister John Hutton announced that the Government will launch a competition to support a single commercial-scale post-combustion coal-fired project. The project should demonstrate post-combustion CCS on a coal-fired power station, with CO2 stored offshore. The Government will consider a phased approach to the project as long as the full CCS chain is demonstrated by 2014, and the project captures around 90% of the CO2 emitted by the equivalent of 300MW generating capacity as soon as possible thereafter.
For further information contact:
Renée Filiatrault
British High Commission, Ottawa
Telephone: +1-613-364-6131
Email: renee.filiatrault@fco.gov.uk
UNITED STATES
American Electric Power (AEP)
In August 2004, AEP announced plans to construct an Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC) power plant and place it in commercial operation by 2010. It will be the largest commercial-scale IGCC plant in the U.S. and the world. For more information, see AEP Website.
American Electric Power (AEP)
In August 2004, AEP announced plans to construct an Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC) power plant and place it in commercial operation by 2010. It will be the largest commercial-scale IGCC plant in the U.S. and the world. For more information, see AEP Website
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The Babcock & Wilcox Company Clean Environment Development Facility (CEDF)
The Babcock & Wilcox Company (B&W), in collaboration with American Air Liquide Inc., will begin testing a promising new technology to help coal-fired power plants capture emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2), a greenhouse gas at B&W’s 30 MWth Clean Environment Development Facility (CEDF) in Alliance, Ohio. The CEDF, originally placed in service in 1994 by B&W, the U.S. Department of Energy and others, is a large-scale demonstration facility that has been used to develop emissions-control technology. The CEDF will be used to validate a technology called "oxy-coal combustion" that utilizes pure oxygen for the combustion of coal in electricity generating plants. For more information, see B&W Website.
The Babcock & Wilcox Company (B&W), in collaboration with American Air Liquide Inc., will begin testing a promising new technology to help coal-fired power plants capture emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2), a greenhouse gas at B&W’s 30 MWth Clean Environment Development Facility (CEDF) in Alliance, Ohio. The CEDF, originally placed in service in 1994 by B&W, the U.S. Department of Energy and others, is a large-scale demonstration facility that has been used to develop emissions-control technology. The CEDF will be used to validate a technology called "oxy-coal combustion" that utilizes pure oxygen for the combustion of coal in electricity generating plants. For more information, see B&W Website
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The Babcock & Wilcox Company and American Electric Power to Demonstrate New Clean Coal Technology for Capture of CO2 Emissions
The Babcock & Wilcox Company (B&W) and American Electric Power (AEP) announced plans to pursue the commercial viability of a new combustion technology to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) and other emissions from coal-fired power plants. The companies will assess the application of oxy-coal combustion as a retrofit to an existing AEP plant, and work toward the development of the first oxy-coal commercial validation project in the United States.
B&W and AEP will evaluate and select the most suitable existing AEP plant location for the commercial application of the oxy-coal combustion technology. The feasibility study is scheduled for completion in the second quarter of 2008. For more information, see B&W Website.
The Babcock & Wilcox Company (B&W) and American Electric Power (AEP) announced plans to pursue the commercial viability of a new combustion technology to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) and other emissions from coal-fired power plants. The companies will assess the application of oxy-coal combustion as a retrofit to an existing AEP plant, and work toward the development of the first oxy-coal commercial validation project in the United States.
B&W and AEP will evaluate and select the most suitable existing AEP plant location for the commercial application of the oxy-coal combustion technology. The feasibility study is scheduled for completion in the second quarter of 2008. For more information, see B&W Website
.The FutureGen Industrial Alliance
As a partner with U.S. Department of Energy
, the FutureGen Industrial Alliance, Inc. will choose a host site and design, construct and operate the FutureGen plant. This Alliance will share the project costs with the government. For more information, see FutureGen Industrial Alliance Website .
Orlando Gasification Project, Stanton Energy Center, Florida
The Orlando Project would be located at OUC’s existing Stanton energy Center in eastern Orange County, near Orlando. Construction of the 285 megawatt coal-fired power plant would begin in late 2007 and continue until early 2010. Demonstration would be conducted over a 4.5-year period from mid-2010 to late 2014.
The Florida plant will demonstrate an advanced power generation system that uses a form of integrated gasification-combined cycle technology and state-of-the-art emission controls. The transport gasifier technology to be demonstrated at the plant is unique among coal gasification technologies in that it cost-effectively uses low-rank coals, as well as coals with high moisture or high ash content. These coals comprise half of the proven U.S. and world reserves. For more information, see the U.S. Department of Energy's report of decision (PDF, 1.16 MB).
The Orlando Project would be located at OUC’s existing Stanton energy Center in eastern Orange County, near Orlando. Construction of the 285 megawatt coal-fired power plant would begin in late 2007 and continue until early 2010. Demonstration would be conducted over a 4.5-year period from mid-2010 to late 2014.
The Florida plant will demonstrate an advanced power generation system that uses a form of integrated gasification-combined cycle technology and state-of-the-art emission controls. The transport gasifier technology to be demonstrated at the plant is unique among coal gasification technologies in that it cost-effectively uses low-rank coals, as well as coals with high moisture or high ash content. These coals comprise half of the proven U.S. and world reserves. For more information, see the U.S. Department of Energy's report of decision
(PDF, 1.16 MB). United States Department of Energy Clean Coal Program
The Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy typically manages more than 500 active research and development projects spanning a wide range of coal, petroleum and natural gas topics. Information on each of these projects can be accessed from the Fossil Energy Online Project Database. For more information, see the U.S. Department of Energy Website .