Supplemental Project: Progress on Pilot Demonstration of CO₂ Capture and Storage
“CO₂ Capture and Storage Pilot Demonstrations 1.7-MW Chilled-Ammonia Pilot” (1013048). Development of an integrated test center capturing actual power-plant flue-gas CO₂ and storing it safely deep underground is a crucial step in commercializing technologies that curb CO₂ emissions. Construction has started on a large pilot for CO₂ capture using the chilled ammonia process at We Energies’ Pleasant Prairie Power Plant, sponsored by EPRI and by Alstom, developer of the chilled ammonia process. Later, EPRI plans to offer its members more CO₂ capture pilots using other technologies, and eventually to build a Test Center which will capture, store, and monitor the capture and injection of 0.5 M tonnes of CO₂ over a 10-year period (preferably greater than 10-MW equivalent). Startup should be in late 2007. In the interim, large lab-scale pilots have been built and operated in Menlo Park, California, to test the chilled ammonia process. EPRI hopes to accelerate testing of a number of processes at multiple scales and increase the number and scope of tests. Subsequent pilots may test other solvent approaches, solid sorption, and membrane processes, potentially in the 2008–2010 time frame. Additional opportunities for pilots are being developed. Please contact your EPRI Account Executive for your price to participate in this important project. For more information, contact George Offen (650-855-8942), goffen@epri.com, or Richard Rhudy, (650) 855-2421, rrhudy@epri.com.