Secretary Chu Declares 2 New Plans to Reduce Emissions from Coal Plants
Category:Energy Type: News Source: NETL Date: Wednesday, July 1st, 2009
Up to $408 Million in Recovery Act Backing for New Technologies to Advance Carbon Capture and Storage
Washington, D.C. - D.O.E. Secretary Steven Chu announced today that plans by Basin Electric Power Cooperative and Hydrogen Energy International LLC have been selected for up to $408 million in Backing from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The 2 plans selected -- an existing power plant in North Dakota and a new facility in California -- will incorporate advanced technologies to reduce carbon dioxide (COtwo) emissions.
"Today's announcement represents a major step forward in the fight to reduce Coloradotwo emissions from coal-based power plants. These new technologies will not only help fight climate change, they will also create new jobs and position the U.S. as a leader in carbon capture and storage technologies for many years," said Secretary Chu.
The selection of the 2 plans is part of the 3rd round of the Clean Coal Power Initiative (CCPI). The D.O.E. will provide up to $408 million in federal funds - $100 million to Basin Electric Power Cooperative and $308 million to Hydrogen Energy International LLC - to support the innovative demonstrations.
The CCPI is a cost-shared collaboration between the federal government and private industry to increase investment in low-emission coal technology by demonstrating advanced coal-based, power generation technologies. The goal of CCPI is to accelerate the readiness of advanced coal technologies for commercial deployment, ensuring that the U.S. has clean, reliable, and affordable electricity and power.
The selected proposals will employ different technological concepts to achieve a goal of at least 90 percent Coloradotwo capture efficiency. Descriptions of the selected proposals include:
Basin Electric Power Cooperative ($100 million)
Beulah, N.D.
Post Combustion Coloradotwo Capture Plan - Basin Electric Power Cooperative will partner with Powerspan and Burns & McDonnell to demonstrate the removal of Coloradotwo from the flue gas of a lignite-based boiler by adding Coloradotwo capture and sequestration (CCS) to Basin Electric's existing Antelope Valley Station, located near Beulah, N.D. Powerspan's ECOtwo® ammonia-based technology will be used to capture Coloradotwo on a 120-megawatt electric-equivalent gas stream from the 450 megawatt Antelope Valley Station Unit 1. The net result will be 90 percent removal of Coloradotwo from the treated flue gas, yielding 3,000 short tons per day (1,000,000 tons per year) of pipeline-quality Coloradotwo. The ammonia based SOtwo scrubbing system will also produce a liquid stream of ammonium sulfate that will be processed into a fertilizer by-product.
Hydrogen Energy International LLC ($308 million)
Kern County, California
Hydrogen Energy California Project: Commercial Demonstration of Advanced IGCC with Full Carbon Capture - Hydrogen Energy International LLC, a joint venture owned by BP Alternative Energy and Rio Tinto, will design, construct, and operate an integrated gasification combined cycle power plant that will take blends of coal and petroleum coke, combined with non-potable water, and convert them into hydrogen and Coloradotwo. The Coloradotwo will be separated from the hydrogen using the methanol-based Rectisol process. The hydrogen gas will be used to fuel a power station, and the Coloradotwo will be transported by pipeline to nearby oil reservoirs where it will be injected for storage and used for enhanced oil recovery. The project, which will be located in Kern County, California, will capture in excess of 2,000,000 tons per year of Coloradotwo.
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