Large Scale CCS Ready for 2nd Generation
September 20, 2018 -- A team of engineers at the International CCS Knowledge Centre (Knowledge Centre) have uncovered a game-changer for large scale CCS - catapulting it to second generation. Bringing together over 20 years of combined CCS experience from SaskPower's Boundary Dam 3 CCS Facility (BD3), the team is spearheading a feasibility study with impressive outcomes.
'We are excited about it because many of the common hurdles for large scale CCS are being addressed and results show that next generation CCS technology will be significantly cheaper, more efficient, and integrate well with renewable energy,' says Mike Monea, President and CEO of the Knowledge Centre.
Maximizing efficiency and responding to integration from wind or solar, all whilst capturing the most CO2 possible by using an affordable technology is key for CCS to be considered a major climate change mitigation option. The International Energy Agency says that CCS must be able to mitigate 94 (gigatons (GT)) of carbon before 2050 to limit the global temperature rise to 2°C.
The Knowledge Centre's feasibility study examines a business case for a post-combustion capture retrofit on SaskPower's Shand Power Station - located near the famed BD3 in Estevan, Saskatchewan, Canada. The Shand facility however is a 300-MW, single unit, coal-fired power plant - double the capacity of BD3.
Note: This excerpt is from an article that appeared in the Carbon Capture Journal, Issue #65, Sept/Oct 2018. To read the full story, click here
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