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Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--The U.S. federal government is stepping up to the plate in regard to testing and researching ways to reduce carbon emissions. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recently announced it will provide $72 million in funding for research and development to help reduce emissions. The DOE will provide $51 million for research and development and engineering-scale testing of carbon-capture at nine industrial sites, and $21 million for novel research and development of the capture of carbon-dioxide directly from the atmosphere, known as "direct air capture." The industrial sites included in the $51 million in funding include a range of sectors, including cement production, steel making, power generation and more.
Metals & Minerals
Among the plants in the Metals & Minerals sector to receive DOE funding is ArcelorMittal's (NYSE:MT) (Luxemburg City, Luxemburg) steel mill in Burns Harbor, Indiana, which will receive more than $1.4 million. The funds will be used to help design a system to capture 50-70% of carbon-dioxide emissions from blast furnace gas. The plant already is underway with a series of upgrade and modernization projects, including a coke battery rebuild, hot strip mill upgrades and the rebuilding of four boilers. Click here to view these project reports.
Other Metals & Minerals plants to receive funding from the DOE include LaFarge Holcim Limited's (Jona, Switzerland) cement production plant in Florence, Colorado, where non-profit organization Electricore (Valencia, California) will seek to complete an initial engineering-analysis design for equipment to remove carbon dioxide from the flue gas of the cement kiln and a natural gas-fired steam generator, with the aim to capture 2 million tons per year of carbon dioxide. The captured carbon dioxide will be used for enhanced oil recovery (EOR) projects. For more information, see Industrial Info's project report.
Cemex Incorporated (NYSE:CX) (Monterrey, Mexico) also will receive funding for carbon capture research at its cement plant in New Braunfels, Texas. View plant profile.
Power Generation
The DOE will fund carbon-capture development at both combined-cycle, natural gas-fired power plants and coal-fired power plants. At Calpine Corporation's (Houston, Texas) Los Medanos Energy Center in Pittsburg, California, the DOE will support ION Clean Energy Incorporated's (Boulder California) carbon-capture development for the plant's flue gas slipstream. ION plans to design, construct and operate a pilot-scale system that will capture 10 tons of carbon dioxide per day. For more information, see Industrial Info's plant profile.
Companies receiving funding for carbon-capture from coal flue stream gas include Electric Power Research Institute Incorporated (Palo Alto, California), which will be working at the National Carbon Capture Center in Wilsonville, Alabama; and Gas Technology Institute (Des Plaines, Illinois), which will be researching membrane technology at the Wyoming Integrated Test Center at the Dry Fork coal-fired power plant, near Gillette, Wyoming. See Industrial Info's plant profile and related project report.
Oil & Gas Production
Only one oil and gas production company is receiving funding from the DOE. Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX) (San Ramon, California) is receiving $13 million for its plans to design, construct, commission and test an engineering-scale carbon-capture plant that will operate at a California oil field for at least two months of continuous testing. The participants hope that the research will enable the scale-up of similar emissions-reduction devices.
The reduction of carbon emissions at industrial settings has become a hot topic, with companies such as Xcel Energy (NASDAQ:XEL) (Minneapolis, Minnesota) aiming for net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. However, the technology for carbon capture and storage (CCS) has proved to be prohibitively expensive, with some companies opting to close plants rather than retrofit the technology.
The question of what to do with the sequestered carbon also has hindered the technology. Among the commercial-scale CCS operations in the U.S. is NRG Energy Incorporated's (NYSE:NRG) (Houston, Texas) facility at one of the units at the W.A. Parish power plant in Fort Bend County, Texas. See plant profile. The carbon dioxide from the facility was pumped from the plant to an oilfield, where it was used for enhanced oil recovery (EOR). However, when oil prices plummeted earlier this year, production from the field was curtailed, and NRG mothballed the CCS operation. The research being funded by the DOE potentially could help bring down the cost of the technology and allow for new methods of use and storage for the captured carbon.
Industrial Info Resources (IIR), with global headquarters in Sugar Land, Texas, six offices in North America and 12 international offices, is the leading provider of global market intelligence specializing in the industrial process, heavy manufacturing and energy markets. Industrial Info's quality-assurance philosophy, the Living Forward Reporting Principle, provides up-to-the-minute intelligence on what's happening now, while constantly keeping track of future opportunities. Follow IIR on: Facebook - Twitter - LinkedIn. For more information on our coverage, send inquiries to info@industrialinfo.com or visit us online at http://www.industrialinfo.com.
Metals & Minerals
Among the plants in the Metals & Minerals sector to receive DOE funding is ArcelorMittal's (NYSE:MT) (Luxemburg City, Luxemburg) steel mill in Burns Harbor, Indiana, which will receive more than $1.4 million. The funds will be used to help design a system to capture 50-70% of carbon-dioxide emissions from blast furnace gas. The plant already is underway with a series of upgrade and modernization projects, including a coke battery rebuild, hot strip mill upgrades and the rebuilding of four boilers. Click here to view these project reports.
Other Metals & Minerals plants to receive funding from the DOE include LaFarge Holcim Limited's (Jona, Switzerland) cement production plant in Florence, Colorado, where non-profit organization Electricore (Valencia, California) will seek to complete an initial engineering-analysis design for equipment to remove carbon dioxide from the flue gas of the cement kiln and a natural gas-fired steam generator, with the aim to capture 2 million tons per year of carbon dioxide. The captured carbon dioxide will be used for enhanced oil recovery (EOR) projects. For more information, see Industrial Info's project report.
Cemex Incorporated (NYSE:CX) (Monterrey, Mexico) also will receive funding for carbon capture research at its cement plant in New Braunfels, Texas. View plant profile.
Power Generation
The DOE will fund carbon-capture development at both combined-cycle, natural gas-fired power plants and coal-fired power plants. At Calpine Corporation's (Houston, Texas) Los Medanos Energy Center in Pittsburg, California, the DOE will support ION Clean Energy Incorporated's (Boulder California) carbon-capture development for the plant's flue gas slipstream. ION plans to design, construct and operate a pilot-scale system that will capture 10 tons of carbon dioxide per day. For more information, see Industrial Info's plant profile.
Companies receiving funding for carbon-capture from coal flue stream gas include Electric Power Research Institute Incorporated (Palo Alto, California), which will be working at the National Carbon Capture Center in Wilsonville, Alabama; and Gas Technology Institute (Des Plaines, Illinois), which will be researching membrane technology at the Wyoming Integrated Test Center at the Dry Fork coal-fired power plant, near Gillette, Wyoming. See Industrial Info's plant profile and related project report.
Oil & Gas Production
Only one oil and gas production company is receiving funding from the DOE. Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX) (San Ramon, California) is receiving $13 million for its plans to design, construct, commission and test an engineering-scale carbon-capture plant that will operate at a California oil field for at least two months of continuous testing. The participants hope that the research will enable the scale-up of similar emissions-reduction devices.
The reduction of carbon emissions at industrial settings has become a hot topic, with companies such as Xcel Energy (NASDAQ:XEL) (Minneapolis, Minnesota) aiming for net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. However, the technology for carbon capture and storage (CCS) has proved to be prohibitively expensive, with some companies opting to close plants rather than retrofit the technology.
The question of what to do with the sequestered carbon also has hindered the technology. Among the commercial-scale CCS operations in the U.S. is NRG Energy Incorporated's (NYSE:NRG) (Houston, Texas) facility at one of the units at the W.A. Parish power plant in Fort Bend County, Texas. See plant profile. The carbon dioxide from the facility was pumped from the plant to an oilfield, where it was used for enhanced oil recovery (EOR). However, when oil prices plummeted earlier this year, production from the field was curtailed, and NRG mothballed the CCS operation. The research being funded by the DOE potentially could help bring down the cost of the technology and allow for new methods of use and storage for the captured carbon.
Industrial Info Resources (IIR), with global headquarters in Sugar Land, Texas, six offices in North America and 12 international offices, is the leading provider of global market intelligence specializing in the industrial process, heavy manufacturing and energy markets. Industrial Info's quality-assurance philosophy, the Living Forward Reporting Principle, provides up-to-the-minute intelligence on what's happening now, while constantly keeping track of future opportunities. Follow IIR on: Facebook - Twitter - LinkedIn. For more information on our coverage, send inquiries to info@industrialinfo.com or visit us online at http://www.industrialinfo.com.
