NRG Completes World's Largest Carbon-Capture Project
SUGAR LAND--January 11, 2017--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--NRG Energy Incorporated (NYSE:NRG) (Princeton, New Jersey) and JX Nippon Oil & Gas Exploration Corporation (Tokyo, Japan) recently completed construction of the Petra Nova carbon-capture project at the W.A. Parish Power Station in Thompsons, Texas. NRG called it the world's largest post-combustion carbon capture system, which captures carbon dioxide (CO2) from the exhaust of the combustion process by absorbing it in a suitable solvent. Industrial Info is tracking more than $19.7 billion in active projects related to carbon capture and/or storage in North America.
Within this article: Details on the Petra Nova carbon-capture project, as well as other high-value carbon-capture projects under construction in North America.
Other companies featured: Southern Company (NYSE:SO), Canadian Natural Resources Limited (NYSE:CNQ)
