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Power Plant Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage Projects

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Pilot CCS Projects- Completed

Project Name

Leader

Location

Feedstock

Size MW

Capture Process

CO2 Fate

Status

K12-B

GDF Suez

Netherlands

Gas Processing

0.2 Mt/yr

Depleted Gas

2004

Operated 2004-2006

Ketzin

GFZ

Germany

H2 Production

0.06 Mt/yr

Post

Saline

Operated
2008-2013

Schwarze Pumpe

Vattenfall

Germany

Coal

30

Oxy

Depleted Gas

Operated 2008-2014

ECO2 Burger

Powerspan

OH, USA

Coal

1

Post

Vented

Operated
2008- 2010

Pleasant Prairie

Alstom

WI, USA

Coal

5

Post

Vented

Operated
2008-2009

Otway

CO2CRC

Australia

Natural Deposit

0.065 Mt/yr

Natural Deposit

Depleted Gas

Operated

2008-2011

AEP Mountaineer

AEP

WV, USA

Coal

30

Post

Saline

Operated
2009-2011

Karlshamn

E.ON

Sweden

Oil

5

Post

Vented

Operated
2009-2010

Compostilla

ENDESA

Spain

Coal

30

Oxy

Saline

Operated
2009-2012

Puertollano

ELCOGAS

Spain

Coal

14

Pre

Recycled

Operated 2010-2011

Lacq

Total

France

Oil

35

Oxy

Depleted Gas

Operated 2010-2013

Buggenum

Vattenfall

Netherlands

Coal

20

Pre

Vented

Operated 2011-2013

Brindisi

Enel &Eni

Italy

Coal

48

Post

EOR

Tested March 2011

Ferrybridge CCSPilot100+

SSE

UK

Coal

5

Post

Vented

Operated 2012-2013

Aberthaw

RWE

Wales, UK

Coal

3

Post

N/A

Operational 2013-2014

Polk

Tampa Electric

FL, USA

Coal

0.3 Mt/yr

Pre

Saline

Tested
2014

Callide-A Oxy Fuel

CS Energy

Australia

Coal

30

Oxy

Saline

Operated 2012-2015

Pikes Peak

Husky Energy

SA, Canada

Coal

15 t/day

Post

EOR

Operated 2015

E.W. Brown

Univeristy of Kentucky

KY, USA

Coal

2 MW

Post

N/A

Completed

Pilot CCS Projects- Operating

Project Name

Leader

Location

Feedstock

Size

Capture Process

CO2 Fate

Status

Zama

Apache & PCOR

Alberta

Gas Processing

0.026 Mt/yr

Gas Production

EOR

Operational
July 2006

Snohvit

StatoilHydro

Norway

LNG Processing

0.7 Mt/yr

Post

Saline

Operational October 2007

Shidongkou

Huaneng

China

Coal

0.1 Mt/Yr

Post

Commercial Use

Operational 2009

Jilin

PetroChina

China

Nat. Gas Processing

0.2 Mt/yr

Post

EOR

Operational 2009

Ordos

Shenhua group

China

Liquefaction

0.1

Post

EOR / Saline

Operational 2011

Shengli

Sinopec

China

Coal

0.04
Mt/yr

Post

EOR

Operational 2007

Wilhelmshaven

E.ON

Germany

Coal

3.5 MW

Post

Vented

Operational October 2012

Mongstad

Statoil

Norway

Gas

0.1 Mt/yr

Post

Saline

Operational May 2012

Plant Barry

Southern Energy

AL, USA

Coal

25 MW

Post

Saline

Operational 2011

Jingbian

Yanchang

China

Chemicals

40 Kt/yr

N/A

EOR

Operational 2012

Lula

Petrobas

Brazil

Gas Production

0.7 Mt/yr

Gas Production

EOR

Operational 2013

Boryeong Station

KEPCO

South Korea

Coal

10 MW

Post

Vented

Operational May 2013

Shand

SaskPower

Canada

Coal

43 kt/yr

Post

Vented

Operational June 2015

Tomakomai

JCCS

Japan

Hydrogen Production

0.1 Mt/yr

Post

Saline

Operational March 2016

NET Power

NET Power

TX, USA

Natural Gas

50 MW

Oxy

EOR

Planning

 

Abbreviations used:
Oxy = Oxyfuel Combustion Capture
Pre = Pre Combustion Capture
Post = Post Combustion Capture
EOR = Enhanced Oil Recovery
EGR = Enhanced Gas Recovery
Saline = Saline Formation
Depleted Gas = Depleted Gas Reservoir
Depleted Oil = Depleted Oil Reservoir
TBD = To Be Decided