NRG Energy CCS project captures $154m funding
9 Mar 2010
Washington – NRG Energy is to receive up to $154m in US funding for a demonstration post-combustion capture and sequestration project in Thompsons, Texas, which will test some of the latest technologies in the CCS field including systems from Fluor and Ramgen (see panel).
The project is intended to show that post-combustion carbon capture applied to existing plants can be done economically, especially when the plant has the opportunity to sequester carbon dioxide in nearby oilfields.
The U.S. Department of Energy will provide up to $154 million in federal funds, which will be matched by NRG Energy. The project was selected under the third round of the Clean Coal Power Initiative – a cost-shared collaboration between the federal government and private industry to demonstrate CCS technologies in advanced coal-based, power generation.
NRG will construct a 60MW carbon capture demo facility in a six-year project to demonstrate an innovative integration of several advances in carbon capture and sequestration technologies, including –
- Fluor’s advanced Econamine FG PlusSM carbon capture process, using several different novel amine solvents.
• Ramgen’s advanced carbon dioxide compression system.
• The integration of highly efficient co-generation to provide the necessary steam and electricity.
• Enhanced oil recovery sequestration in one of the Texas Gulf Coast oilfields near the Parish plant.
