Released December 23, 2009 | GALWAY, IRELAND
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Written by Martin Lynch, European News Editor for Industrial Info (Galway, Ireland)--RWE npower (Swindon, England) has enlisted the help of Royal Dutch Shell plc (NYSE:RDS.A) (The Hague, Netherlands) to implement what it claims will be the U.K.'s largest carbon capture and storage (CCS) project.
The companies will install the Cansolv integrated sulphur-dioxide and carbon-dioxide capture unit at the 1,500-megawatt (MW) coal-fired Aberthaw power station in South Wales, but will face stiff competition, as Scottish and Southern Energy plc (OTC:SSEZY) (SSE) (Perth, Scotland) has plans for a 5-MW CCS demonstration plant at the Ferrybridge coal-fired power station near Castleford in Yorkshire. The trial is expected to begin in early 2011 and run into 2012. For additional information, see related article from November 17, 2009 - SSE Enters U.K. Carbon Capture Race.
The system used by Cansolv (Montreal, Quebec), which was acquired by Shell in 2008, will capture 50 tonnes per day of CO2 from a slipstream of the flue gas at Aberthaw. According to Cansolv, the system is based on a 'regenerable' amine-based technology that will yield a high capture rate of CO2 with optimum energy consumption. At 3 MW in size, RWE claims that the CCS project will be eight times larger than any other post-combustion CCS project in the U.K.
In October, ScottishPower (Glasgow, Scotland) announced the end of successful testing of its 1-MW CCS prototype at the 2,304-MW Longannet coal-fired plant in Scotland, the third-largest coal-fired power plant in Europe. For additional information, see October 22, 2009, article - ScottishPower Completes U.K.'s First Carbon Capture Pilot.
RWE only recently decided to act alone on a CCS capture project after a consortium with Dong Energy (Copenhagen, Denmark) and Peel Energy (Manchester, England), dropped out of the U.K. race for CCS funding. For additional information, see November 12, 2009, article - Plans for U.K. CCS Projects Suffer Setback.
Cansolv will design and provide the fully modularised plant, which will run for a two-year period. Assuming planning permission is granted, construction is expected to start next month, with commissioning expected in the first part of 2011.
In a statement, Cansolv said: "It will be the first demonstration plant of its scale in the U.K., and RWE npower and Cansolv will work together to develop operational strategies to optimise the application of this technology for the desulphurisation and decarbonisation of flue gas from a coal-fired power plant."
The Casolv SO2/CO2 plant, using the regenerable amines, can selectively absorb SO2 and CO2 from gas streams and is applicable to a broad range of industrial applications.
Speaking to the press, Dave Carlton, RWE npower station development manager, said: "The Aberthaw plant will enable us to test this technology on an industrial scale. We believe carbon capture and storage can play a significant part in reducing carbon emissions, and the system pioneered by Cansolv has impressed us enough to want to put it to the test as soon as possible on a working coal-fired power station."
Also in the U.K., partners behind the creation of the U.K's first pre-combustion CCS projects at the planned Eston Grange plant in Teesside welcomed the government's increased backing for CCS in its pre-Budget speech. Peter Whitton, CEO of lead company Progressive Energy (Gloucestershire, England), told the press: "We are moving towards a transport storage network that will help underpin existing jobs on Teesside and create many more. It will put Teesside on the map as a good place for industrial development and enable follow-up projects to develop their infrastructure. We can't assume anything, but the fact that CCS is specifically mentioned as part of the government's aid package this week must mean that Teesside's project is a very real contender. It's the best news we've had for a long time."
Progressive Energy and Centrica plc (OTC:CPYYY) (Windsor, England) are working together to build the 850-MW Eston Grange integrated gasification combined-cycle plant with CCS on a brownfield site in Teesside.
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The companies will install the Cansolv integrated sulphur-dioxide and carbon-dioxide capture unit at the 1,500-megawatt (MW) coal-fired Aberthaw power station in South Wales, but will face stiff competition, as Scottish and Southern Energy plc (OTC:SSEZY) (SSE) (Perth, Scotland) has plans for a 5-MW CCS demonstration plant at the Ferrybridge coal-fired power station near Castleford in Yorkshire. The trial is expected to begin in early 2011 and run into 2012. For additional information, see related article from November 17, 2009 - SSE Enters U.K. Carbon Capture Race.
The system used by Cansolv (Montreal, Quebec), which was acquired by Shell in 2008, will capture 50 tonnes per day of CO2 from a slipstream of the flue gas at Aberthaw. According to Cansolv, the system is based on a 'regenerable' amine-based technology that will yield a high capture rate of CO2 with optimum energy consumption. At 3 MW in size, RWE claims that the CCS project will be eight times larger than any other post-combustion CCS project in the U.K.
In October, ScottishPower (Glasgow, Scotland) announced the end of successful testing of its 1-MW CCS prototype at the 2,304-MW Longannet coal-fired plant in Scotland, the third-largest coal-fired power plant in Europe. For additional information, see October 22, 2009, article - ScottishPower Completes U.K.'s First Carbon Capture Pilot.
RWE only recently decided to act alone on a CCS capture project after a consortium with Dong Energy (Copenhagen, Denmark) and Peel Energy (Manchester, England), dropped out of the U.K. race for CCS funding. For additional information, see November 12, 2009, article - Plans for U.K. CCS Projects Suffer Setback.
Cansolv will design and provide the fully modularised plant, which will run for a two-year period. Assuming planning permission is granted, construction is expected to start next month, with commissioning expected in the first part of 2011.
In a statement, Cansolv said: "It will be the first demonstration plant of its scale in the U.K., and RWE npower and Cansolv will work together to develop operational strategies to optimise the application of this technology for the desulphurisation and decarbonisation of flue gas from a coal-fired power plant."
The Casolv SO2/CO2 plant, using the regenerable amines, can selectively absorb SO2 and CO2 from gas streams and is applicable to a broad range of industrial applications.
Speaking to the press, Dave Carlton, RWE npower station development manager, said: "The Aberthaw plant will enable us to test this technology on an industrial scale. We believe carbon capture and storage can play a significant part in reducing carbon emissions, and the system pioneered by Cansolv has impressed us enough to want to put it to the test as soon as possible on a working coal-fired power station."
Also in the U.K., partners behind the creation of the U.K's first pre-combustion CCS projects at the planned Eston Grange plant in Teesside welcomed the government's increased backing for CCS in its pre-Budget speech. Peter Whitton, CEO of lead company Progressive Energy (Gloucestershire, England), told the press: "We are moving towards a transport storage network that will help underpin existing jobs on Teesside and create many more. It will put Teesside on the map as a good place for industrial development and enable follow-up projects to develop their infrastructure. We can't assume anything, but the fact that CCS is specifically mentioned as part of the government's aid package this week must mean that Teesside's project is a very real contender. It's the best news we've had for a long time."
Progressive Energy and Centrica plc (OTC:CPYYY) (Windsor, England) are working together to build the 850-MW Eston Grange integrated gasification combined-cycle plant with CCS on a brownfield site in Teesside.
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