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CCS - Carbon Capture and Sequestration Updates and Trends

A lot has been happening on the CCS front lately. While it is a business opportunity only for a select few businesses, the future could offer opportunities for a whole range of businesses should the CCS efforts succeed in the next couple of years. Presented below are some key updates on the CCS front.

Alstom and Dow Dedicate New Pilot Plant to Capture CO2 - This project uses proprietary advanced-amine technology jointly developed by Alstom and Dow to capture approximately 1,800 metric tons of CO2 per year - http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS162103+10-Sep-2009+PRN20090910

J-Power says carbon capture project on schedule - Japan's biggest coal user, J-Power, is part of a Japanese coalition working with Australia to market the world's first fully-integrated carbon capture and storage (CCS) project, to help battle carbon dioxide emissions. The $200 million Callide A OxyFuel project in Queensland, Australia, is on schedule to start up a 30-megawatt coal-fired power plant in July-September 2011 - http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-GreenBusiness/idUSTRE5870Z120090908

First CO2 pipeline standard emerges - The first standard to cover the piping of carbon dioxide for underground storage has been released under an industry initiative. The move comes as the shipping industry also examines a potential role in CO2 transportation. http://www.carbonpositive.net/viewarticle.aspx?articleID=1667

Carbon dioxide storage 101 - Scientists and engineers will soon be able to receive advanced training and certification in burying and permanently storing underground the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide as part of a recent stimulus award from the Department of Energy. http://www.physorg.com/wire-news/14050840/carbon-dioxide-storage-101.html

Storing carbon dioxide could be Britain’s new oil industry - Capturing carbon dioxide (CO2) in Rotterdam is technically viable and several projects are on track for operation in 2015, a study showed on Thursday. The study, initiated by the Rotterdam Climate Initiative (RCI) and based on assessments by independent experts, found that the total costs of the varying projects ranged from 40 euros ($57.14) to 70 euros per tonne of CO2. http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssEnergyNews/idUSL361527620090903


NRG Energy applies for CCS project at 3,653 MW power plant - NRG Energy ( http://www.nrgenergy.com/ ) submitted a Clean Coal Power Initiative application to the U.S. Department of Energy to build a post-combustion carbon capture demonstration unit at the company's 3,653 MW WA Parish coal- and gas-fired power plant. NRG's carbon capture project at the Texas plant is expected to begin operating in 2013. It will use Fluor Corp's Econamine FG Plussm technology to process flue gas from the plant equal in quantity to that of a 60 MW unit. It will be designed to capture 90 percent of incoming carbon dioxide (CO2). Once captured, the CO2 will be compressed using Ramgen/Dresser-Rand technology and used in enhanced oilfield recovery operations, bringing in revenue to offset a portion of the cost of the project. http://pepei.pennnet.com/display_article/368568/6/ARTCL/none/none/1/NRG-applies-for-CCS-project-at-3,653-MW-power-plant/


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posted by Ecacofonix at 10:19 PM Sunday, September 13, 2009


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