The document discusses the U.S. policy on carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS). It outlines three themes of President's Climate Action Plan: mitigation through technologies like CCUS, adaptation and resilience of infrastructure, and international partnerships. It then provides details on challenges like low natural gas prices, upcoming EPA regulations and their compliance timelines, the Clean Air Act Section 111(b) and 111(d), and funding amounts for the DOE's CCUS and power systems research programs.
The Carbon Nexus - Boilers, Power Plants, and Strategic Energy ManagementVeritatis Advisors, Inc.
Lender, Insurers, manufacturers, regulators lack standardized methods to gauge the accuracy of predicted energy consumption thus financial savings from energy efficiency upgrades. This presentation captures the nexus of relevant issues in recently published case study and market experience. Author Don Macdonald of Veritatis Advisors, 2015
EPA's Clean Power Plan: Basics and Implications of the Proposed CO2 Emissions...The Brattle Group
This presentation outlines:
- Key Aspects of the Proposed Rule
- EPA’s Projected Changes in Emissions and Fuel Use
- Wholesale Electricity Price Impacts
- Implications for Asset Values
Environmental Law for Business Seminar: Status Report on the Call for Action ...This account is closed
Six months following the release of the Environmental Commissioner of Ontario's report Looking for Leadership – The Costs of Climate Inaction, we look at what, if any, changes have occurred since that report. In this presentation, Gowlings and our multi-disciplinary panel address key issues including:
• U.S. federal and state actions in response to climate change
• Highlights from the International Bar Association’s Climate Change Justice and Human Rights Task Force Report.
• The role of voluntary markets
The U.S. power generation fuel mix continues to shift, driven in part by low natural gas prices, state renewable mandates, tightening environmental regulations, and lower installed costs of some generation technologies such as solar. On June 18, 2014, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued its proposed Clean Power Plan (CPP), a proposed greenhouse gas emissions regulation scheme for existing plants, promulgated under section 111(d) of the Clean Air Act.
In this update, readers will see the latest legal developments and timelines under key EPA- proposed regulations, a brief overview of EPA’s Clean Power Plan and related state emissions reduction goals, and recent developments and open issues.
For more information, please visit www.scottmadden.com.
The Carbon Nexus - Boilers, Power Plants, and Strategic Energy ManagementVeritatis Advisors, Inc.
Lender, Insurers, manufacturers, regulators lack standardized methods to gauge the accuracy of predicted energy consumption thus financial savings from energy efficiency upgrades. This presentation captures the nexus of relevant issues in recently published case study and market experience. Author Don Macdonald of Veritatis Advisors, 2015
EPA's Clean Power Plan: Basics and Implications of the Proposed CO2 Emissions...The Brattle Group
This presentation outlines:
- Key Aspects of the Proposed Rule
- EPA’s Projected Changes in Emissions and Fuel Use
- Wholesale Electricity Price Impacts
- Implications for Asset Values
Environmental Law for Business Seminar: Status Report on the Call for Action ...This account is closed
Six months following the release of the Environmental Commissioner of Ontario's report Looking for Leadership – The Costs of Climate Inaction, we look at what, if any, changes have occurred since that report. In this presentation, Gowlings and our multi-disciplinary panel address key issues including:
• U.S. federal and state actions in response to climate change
• Highlights from the International Bar Association’s Climate Change Justice and Human Rights Task Force Report.
• The role of voluntary markets
The U.S. power generation fuel mix continues to shift, driven in part by low natural gas prices, state renewable mandates, tightening environmental regulations, and lower installed costs of some generation technologies such as solar. On June 18, 2014, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued its proposed Clean Power Plan (CPP), a proposed greenhouse gas emissions regulation scheme for existing plants, promulgated under section 111(d) of the Clean Air Act.
In this update, readers will see the latest legal developments and timelines under key EPA- proposed regulations, a brief overview of EPA’s Clean Power Plan and related state emissions reduction goals, and recent developments and open issues.
For more information, please visit www.scottmadden.com.
Remaking American Power - CSIS & Rhodium Group Preliminary Findings of EPA's ...Marcellus Drilling News
On June 2 the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced it's "kill coal" campaign which they dubbed the Clean Power Plan or CPP. Researchers at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and the Rhodium Group, both research organizations, combined forces to take a close look at how they believe the CPP will fundamentally change American power generation. These are their preliminary findings.
Technical background a potential new regulations for limiting greenhouse gas emissions (i.e. methane) from proposed new LNG export facilities in Nova Scotia--should those facilities get built.
A consultation paper and request for feedback on a proposed new set of regulations limiting greenhouse gas emissions (i.e. methane) from proposed new LNG export facilities in Nova Scotia--should those facilities get built.
This CEE-hosted event provided a technical overview of the resource modeling behind Minnesota’s first-ever alternative resource plan. Presentation given by: Kevin Reuther- Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy, Anna Sommer- Sommer Energy LLC, Michelle Rosier- Sierra Club MN North Star Chapter
Leaders from MN’s Division of Energy Resources, the MN Pollution Control Agency, and the energy sector discuss regional solutions to cut emissions from existing power plants.
National Workshop on Standards and Testing of Cookstoves in Nepal
25 July 2013, Hotel Himalaya, Kathmandu, Nepal
Policy session
Presenter: Karuna Bajracharya, National adviser
Alternative Energy Promotion Centre
ScottMadden recently joined industry leaders as a sponsor and presenter at Infocast’s 19th Annual Transmission Summit. Here, Todd Williams, partner and fossil practice co-leader at ScottMadden, reviewed the generation landscape and the impacts of the Clean Power Plan.
To learn more, please visit www.scottmadden.com.
GHG mitigation scenarios for major emitting countries - COP 23NewClimate Institute
Takeshi Kuramochi, Frederic Hans (NewClimate Institute), Michel den Elzen (PBL) and Nicklas Forsell (IIASA) presented findings from the 2017 Greenhouse gas mitigation scenarios for major emitting countries report at COP 23.
Remaking American Power - CSIS & Rhodium Group Preliminary Findings of EPA's ...Marcellus Drilling News
On June 2 the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced it's "kill coal" campaign which they dubbed the Clean Power Plan or CPP. Researchers at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and the Rhodium Group, both research organizations, combined forces to take a close look at how they believe the CPP will fundamentally change American power generation. These are their preliminary findings.
Technical background a potential new regulations for limiting greenhouse gas emissions (i.e. methane) from proposed new LNG export facilities in Nova Scotia--should those facilities get built.
A consultation paper and request for feedback on a proposed new set of regulations limiting greenhouse gas emissions (i.e. methane) from proposed new LNG export facilities in Nova Scotia--should those facilities get built.
This CEE-hosted event provided a technical overview of the resource modeling behind Minnesota’s first-ever alternative resource plan. Presentation given by: Kevin Reuther- Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy, Anna Sommer- Sommer Energy LLC, Michelle Rosier- Sierra Club MN North Star Chapter
Leaders from MN’s Division of Energy Resources, the MN Pollution Control Agency, and the energy sector discuss regional solutions to cut emissions from existing power plants.
National Workshop on Standards and Testing of Cookstoves in Nepal
25 July 2013, Hotel Himalaya, Kathmandu, Nepal
Policy session
Presenter: Karuna Bajracharya, National adviser
Alternative Energy Promotion Centre
ScottMadden recently joined industry leaders as a sponsor and presenter at Infocast’s 19th Annual Transmission Summit. Here, Todd Williams, partner and fossil practice co-leader at ScottMadden, reviewed the generation landscape and the impacts of the Clean Power Plan.
To learn more, please visit www.scottmadden.com.
GHG mitigation scenarios for major emitting countries - COP 23NewClimate Institute
Takeshi Kuramochi, Frederic Hans (NewClimate Institute), Michel den Elzen (PBL) and Nicklas Forsell (IIASA) presented findings from the 2017 Greenhouse gas mitigation scenarios for major emitting countries report at COP 23.
Todd Williams, partner and fossil practice co-leader at ScottMadden, recently presented at the EnergyHub GenForum on the EPA’s CPP, one of the most significant environmental mandates in U.S. history. Here, he gave an overview of the requirements and impacts of the CPP. He also recapped events now unfolding in CPP litigation, politics, and legislation. Where are the battle lines drawn? Who is on what side? And, what are states doing to prepare their compliance plans?
For more information, please visit www.scottmadden.com.
Institute’s Americas office launches The Global Status of CCS: 2016 at the Cl...Global CCS Institute
On 15 November 2016, the Global CCS Institute’s Americas office held the Clean energy solutions symposium: What is the Future of Carbon Capture? at the National Press Club, Washington, DC.
The Institute’s General Manager for the Americas, Jeff Erikson, launched The Global Status of CCS: 2016 report by presenting to the audience the highlights from the report and discussing the significant milestones achieved in the past year in the world of CCS. Erikson’s presentation was followed by an expert panel discussion on the future of clean energy, with focus on carbon capture and storage (CCS).
Webinar: Global Status of CCS: 2014 - Driving development in the Asia Pacific Global CCS Institute
The Global CCS Institute launched The Global Status of CCS: 2014 report on 5 November 2014.
2014 has been a pivotal year for CCS as it is now a reality in the power industry. The Global Status of CCS: 2014 report provides a comprehensive overview of global and regional developments in CCS technologies and the policies, laws and regulations that must drive the demonstration and deployment of technologies to support global climate mitigation efforts.
Clare Penrose, the Institute's General Manager - Asia Pacific presented a summary of the report and discuss the key recommendations, an important reference for decision makers for the year ahead.
Ms Penrose was joined by the Institute’s subject matter experts who were available to answer questions:
Chris Consoli: CO2 Storage
Ian Havercroft: CCS Laws and Regulations
Lawrence Irlam: CCS Policy and Economics
Jessica Morton: CCS Public Engagement
Tony Zhang: CO2 Capture
The role of CCS/CCUS in the Climate Action Plan - Dr S. Julio FriedmannGlobal CCS Institute
The role of CCS/CCUS in the Climate Action Plan
Global CCS Institute, delivered at the Global CCS Institute's Third Americas Forum
Feb. 27th, 2014, Washington, DC
Climate Change Update: What Lies Beyond GHG Reporting for the Lead IndustryAll4 Inc.
Neal Lebo of All4 Inc. describes "What Lies Beyond GHG Reporting for the Lead Industry". The presentation includes: Climate Change Regulatory Activity, Measurement and Reporting, Permitting/Standards, and Actions to Consider.
BlueScape Air Quality in 2015: What You Need to Know Webinar 2-10-15BlueScape
This webinar by James Westbrook at BlueScape describes air quality regulations and policies that will impact US businesses in 2015. Mr. Westbrook can be reached at 877-486-9257 for more information. For a video presentation go to http://youtu.be/Ot9B6lA_V0U.
British Standards for Carbon Management- including PAS 2080 – The world’s fir...EMEX
Insights from leading experts into the main developments in British Standards, including PAS 2080 Carbon Management in Infrastructure as an industry game changer. Speakers with first-hand experience will highlight how this specification (PAS) is helping the sector address key challenges and opportunities for energy and carbon reduction.
BSi will provide a briefing on PAS 2080 and other key standards, PAS 2050 on carbon footprint and PAS 2060 on carbon neutrality that can help organisations reduce carbon emissions and improve business practice to support sustainability goals.
Northern Lights: A European CO2 transport and storage project Global CCS Institute
The Global CCS Institute hosted the final webinar of its "Telling the Norwegian CCS Story" series which presented Northern Lights. This project is part of the Norwegian full-scale CCS project which will include the capture of CO2 at two industrial facilities (cement and waste-to-energy plants), transport and permanent storage of CO2 in a geological reservoir on the Norwegian Continental Shelf.
Northern Lights aims to establish an open access CO2 transport and storage service for Europe. It is the first integrated commercial project of its kind able to receive CO2 from a variety of industrial sources. The project is led by Equinor with two partners Shell and Total. Northern Lights aims to drive the development of CCS in Europe and globally.
Webinar: Policy priorities to incentivise large scale deployment of CCSGlobal CCS Institute
The Global CCS Institute released a new report highlighting strategic policy priorities for the large-scale deployment of carbon capture and storage (CCS). The Institute’s report also reviews the progress achieved until now with existing policies and the reasons behind positive investment decisions for the current 23 large-scale CCS projects in operation and construction globally.
Telling the Norwegian CCS Story | PART II: CCS: the path to a sustainable and...Global CCS Institute
The Global CCS Institute in collaboration with Gassnova hosted the second webinar of its "Telling the Norwegian CCS Story" series.
The second webinar presented Norcem's CCS project at their cement production facility in Brevik, in the South-Eastern part of Norway.
Telling the Norwegian CCS Story | PART I: CCS: the path to sustainable and em...Global CCS Institute
In 2018, the Norwegian government announced its decision to continue the planning of a demonstration project for CO2 capture, transport and storage. This webinar focuses on the Fortum Oslo Varme CCS project. This is one of the two industrial CO2 sources in the Norwegian full-scale project.
At their waste-to-energy plant at Klemetsrud in Oslo, Fortum Oslo Varme produces electricity and district heating for the Oslo region by incinerating waste. Its waste-to-energy plant is one of the largest land-based sources of CO2 emissions in Norway, counting for about 20 % of the city of Oslo’s total emissions. The CCS project in Oslo is an important step towards a sustainable waste system and the creation of a circular economy. It will be the first energy recovery installation for waste disposal treatment with full-scale CCS.
Fortum Oslo Varme has understood the enormous potential for the development of a CCS industry in the waste-to-energy industry. The company is working to capture 90 % of its CO2 emissions, the equivalent of 400 000 tons of CO2 per year. This project will open new opportunities to reduce emissions from the waste sector in Norway and globally. Carbon capture from waste incineration can remove over 90 million tons of CO2 per year from existing plants in Europe. There is high global transfer value and high interest in the industry for the project in Oslo.
The waste treated consists of almost 60 % biological carbon. Carbon capture at waste-to-energy plants will therefore be so-called BIO-CCS (i.e. CCS from the incineration of organic waste, thereby removing the CO2 from the natural cycle).
Find out more about the project by listening to our webinar.
Decarbonizing Industry Using Carbon Capture: Norway Full Chain CCSGlobal CCS Institute
Industrial sectors such as steel, cement, iron, and chemicals production are responsible for over 20 percent of global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. To be on track to meet greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets established as part of the Paris Climate Accord, all sectors must find solutions to rapidly decarbonize, and carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology is the only path for energy-intensive industries.
This webinar will explore how one country, Norway, is working to realize a large-scale Full Chain CCS project, where it is planning to apply carbon capture technology to several industrial facilities. This unique project explores capturing CO2 from three different industrial facilities - an ammonia production plant, a waste-to-energy plant, and a cement production facility. Captured CO2 will be then transported by ship to a permanent off-shore storage site operated as part of a collaboration between Statoil, Total, and Shell. When operational, Norway Full Chain CCS will capture and permanently store up to 1.5 million tons of CO2 per year.
During this webinar, Michael Carpenter, Senior Adviser at Gassnova, will provide an overview of the Norway Full Chain CCS, and discuss the value that Norway aims to derive from it. The key stakeholders working on this exciting project, and how they cooperate, will be also discussed. Gassnova is a Norwegian state enterprise focusing on CCS technology, which manages the Norway Full Chain CCS project.
Cutting Cost of CO2 Capture in Process Industry (CO2stCap) Project overview &...Global CCS Institute
The CO2StCap project is a four year initiative carried out by industry and academic partners with the aim of reducing capture costs from CO2 intensive industries (more info here). The project, led by Tel-Tek, is based on the idea that cost reduction is possible by capturing only a share of the CO2emissions from a given facility, instead of striving for maximized capture rates. This can be done in multiple ways, for instance by capturing only from the largest CO2 sources at individual multi-stack sites utilising cheap waste heat or adapting the capture volumes to seasonal changes in operations.
The main focus of this research is to perform techno-economic analyses for multiple partial CO2 capture concepts in order to identify economic optimums between cost and volumes captured. In total for four different case studies are developed for cement, iron & steel, pulp & paper and ferroalloys industries.
The first part of the webinar gave an overview of the project with insights into the cost estimation method used. The second part presented the iron & steel industry case study based on the Lulea site in Sweden, for which waste-heat mapping methodology has been used to assess the potential for partial capture via MEA-absorption. Capture costs for different CO2 sources were compared and discussed, demonstrating the viability of partial capture in an integrated steelworks.
Webinar presenters included Ragnhild Skagestad, senior researcher at Tel-Tek; Maximilian Biermann, PhD student at Division of Energy Technology, Chalmers University of Technology and Maria Sundqvist, research engineer at the department of process integration at Swerea MEFOS.
The Global CCS Institute and USEA co-hosted a briefing on the importance of R&D in advancing energy technologies on June 29 2017. This is the presentation given by Ron Munson, Global Lead-Capture at the Global CCS Institute.
The Global CCS Institute and USEA co-hosted a briefing on the importance of R&D in advancing energy technologies on June 29 2017. This is the presentation given by Alfred “Buz” Brown, Founder, CEO and Chairman of ION Engineering.
The Global CCS Institute and USEA co-hosted a briefing on the importance of R&D in advancing energy technologies on June 29 2017. This is the presentation given by Tim Merkel, Director, Research and Development Group at Membrane Technology & Research (MTR)
Mission Innovation aims to reinvigorate and accelerate global clean energy innovation with the objective to make clean energy widely affordable. Through a series of Innovation Challenges, member countries have pledged to support actions aimed at accelerating research, development, and demonstration (RD&D) in technology areas where MI members believe increased international attention would make a significant impact in our shared fight against climate change. The Innovation Challenges cover the entire spectrum of RD&D; from early stage research needs assessments to technology demonstration projects.
The Carbon Capture Innovation challenge aims to explore early stage research opportunities in the areas of Carbon Capture, Carbon Utilization, and Carbon Storage. The goal of the Carbon Capture Innovation Challenge is twofold: first, to identify and prioritize breakthrough technologies; and second, to recommend research, development, and demonstration (RD&D) pathways and collaboration mechanisms.
During the webinar, Dr Tidjani Niass, Saudi Aramco, and Jordan Kislear, US Department of Energy, provided an overview of progress to date. They also highlighted detail opportunities for business and investor engagement, and discuss future plans for the Innovation Challenge.
Karl Hausker, PhD, Senior Fellow, Climate Program, World Resources Institute, is the leader of the analytic and writing team for the latest study by the Risky Business Project: From Risk to Return: Investing in a Clean Energy Economy. Co-Chairs Michael Bloomberg, Henry Paulson, Jr, and Thomas Steyer tasked the World Resources Institute with this independent assessment of technically and economically feasible pathways that the US could follow to achieve an 80% reduction in CO2 emissions by 2050. These pathways involve mixtures of: energy efficiency, renewable energy, nuclear power, carbon capture and storage, increased carbon sequestration in US lands, and reductions in non-CO2 emissions. These pathways rely on commercial or near-commercial technologies that American companies are adopting and developing.
Dr Hausker presented the results of the study and draw some comparisons to the US Mid Century Strategy report submitted to the UNFCCC. He has worked for 30 years in the fields of climate change, energy, and environment in a career that has spanned legislative and executive branches, research institutions, NGOs, and consulting.
This webinar offered a unique opportunity to learn more about various decarbonization scenarios and to address your questions directly to Dr Hausker.
Webinar Series: Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum Part 1. CCUS in the Uni...Global CCS Institute
The Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum (CSLF) is a Ministerial-level international climate change initiative that is focused on the development of improved cost-effective technologies for carbon capture and storage (CCS). As part of our commitment to raising awareness of CCS policies and technology, CSLF, with support from the Global CCS Institute, is running a series of webinars showcasing academics and researchers that are working on some of the most interesting CCS projects and developments from around the globe.
This first webinar comes to you from Abu Dhabi – the site of the Mid-Year CSLF Meeting and home of the Al Reyadah Carbon Capture, Utilization & Storage (CCUS) Project. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is one of the world’s major oil exporters, with some of the highest levels of CO2 emissions per capita. These factors alone make this a very interesting region for the deployment of CCUS both as an option for reducing CO2 emissions, but also linking these operations for the purposes of enhanced oil recovery (EOR) operations.
In the UAE, CCUS has attracted leading academic institutes and technology developers to work on developing advanced technologies for reducing CO2 emissions. On Wednesday, 26th April, we had the opportunity to join the Masdar Institute’s Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering, Mohammad Abu Zahra to learn about the current status and potential for CCUS in the UAE.
Mohammad presented an overview of the current large scale CCUS demonstration project in the UAE, followed by a presentation and discussion of the ongoing research and development activities at the Masdar Institute.
This webinar offered a rare opportunity to put your questions directly to this experienced researcher and learn more about the fascinating advances being made at the Masdar Institute.
Energy Security and Prosperity in Australia: A roadmap for carbon capture and...Global CCS Institute
On 15 February, a Roadmap titled for Energy Security and Prosperity in Australia: A roadmap for carbon capture and storage was released. The ACCS Roadmap contains analysis and recommendations for policy makers and industry on much needed efforts to ensure CCS deployment in Australia.
This presentation focused on the critical role CCS can play in Australia’s economic prosperity and energy security. To remain within its carbon budget, Australia must accelerate the deployment of CCS. Couple with this, only CCS can ensure energy security for the power sector and high-emissions industries whilst maintain the the vital role the energy sector plays in the Australian economy.
The webinar also detailed what is required to get Australia ready for widespread commercial deployment of CCS through specific set of phases, known as horizons in strategic areas including storage characterisation, legal and regulatory frameworks and public engagement and awareness.
The Roadmap serves as an important focal point for stakeholders advocating for CCS in Australia, and will provide a platform for further work feeding into the Australian Government’s review of climate policy in 2017 and beyond.
It is authored by the University of Queensland and Gamma Energy Technology, and was overseen by a steering committee comprising the Commonwealth Government, NSW Government, CSIRO, CO2CRC Limited, ACALET - COAL21 Fund and ANLEC R&D.
This webinar was presented by Professor Chris Greig, from The University of Queensland.
Webinar Series: Public engagement, education and outreach for CCS. Part 5: So...Global CCS Institute
The fifth webinar in the public engagement, education and outreach for CCS Series will explore the critically important subject of social site characterisation with the very researchers who named the process.
We were delighted to be able to reunite CCS engagement experts Sarah Wade and Sallie Greenberg, Ph.D. to revisit their 2011 research and guidance: ‘Social Site Characterisation: From Concept to Application’. When published, this research and toolkit helped early CCS projects worldwide to raise the bar on their existing engagement practices. For this webinar, we tasked these early thought leaders with reminding us of the importance of this research and considering the past recommendations in today’s context. Sarah and Sallie tackled the following commonly asked questions:
What exactly is meant by social site characterisation?
Why it is important?
What would they consider best practice for getting to understand the social intricacies and impacts of a CCS project site?
This entire Webinar Series has been designed to share leading research and best practice and consider these learnings as applied to real project examples. So for this fifth Webinar, we were really pleased to be joined by Ruth Klinkhammer, Senior Manager, Communications and Engagement at CMC Research Institutes. Ruth agreed to share some of her experiences and challenges of putting social site characterisation into practice onsite at some of CMC’s larger research projects.
This Webinar combined elements of public engagement research with real world application and discussion, explore important learnings and conclude with links to further resources for those wishing to learn more. This a must for anyone working in or studying carbon capture and storage or other CO2 abatement technologies. If you have ever nodded along at a conference where the importance of understanding stakeholders is acknowledged, but then stopped to wonder – what might that look like in practice? This Webinar is for you.
Managing carbon geological storage and natural resources in sedimentary basinsGlobal CCS Institute
To highlight the research and achievements of Australian researchers, the Global CCS Institute, together with Australian National Low Emissions Coal Research and Development (ANLEC R&D), will hold a series of webinars throughout 2017. Each webinar will highlight a specific ANLEC R&D research project and the relevant report found on the Institute’s website.
This is the eighth webinar of the series and will present on basin resource management and carbon storage. With the ongoing deployment of CCS facilities globally, the pore space - the voids in the rock deep in sedimentary basins – are now a commercial resource. This is a relatively new concept with only a few industries utilising that pore space to date.
This webinar presented a framework for the management of basin resources including carbon storage. Prospective sites for geological storage of carbon dioxide target largely sedimentary basins since these provide the most suitable geological settings for safe, long-term storage of greenhouse gases. Sedimentary basins can host different natural resources that may occur in isolated pockets, across widely dispersed regions, in multiple locations, within a single layer of strata or at various depths.
In Australia, the primary basin resources are groundwater, oil and gas, unconventional gas, coal and geothermal energy. Understanding the nature of how these resources are distributed in the subsurface is fundamental to managing basin resource development and carbon dioxide storage. Natural resources can overlap laterally or with depth and have been developed successfully for decades. Geological storage of carbon dioxide is another basin resource that must be considered in developing a basin-scale resource management system to ensure that multiple uses of the subsurface can sustainably and pragmatically co-exist.
This webinar was presented by Karsten Michael, Research Team Leader, CSIRO Energy.
Mercury and other trace metals in the gas from an oxy-combustion demonstratio...Global CCS Institute
To highlight the research and achievements of Australian researchers, the Global CCS Institute together with ANLEC R&D will hold a series of webinars throughout 2017. Each webinar will highlight a specific ANLEC R&D research project and the relevant report found on the Institute’s website. This is the seventh webinar of the series and presented the results of a test program on the retrofitted Callide A power plant in Central Queensland.
The behaviour of trace metals and the related characteristics of the formation of fine particles may have important implications for process options, gas cleaning, environmental risk and resultant cost in oxy-fuel combustion. Environmental and operational risk will be determined by a range of inter-related factors including:
The concentrations of trace metals in the gas produced from the overall process;
Capture efficiencies of the trace species in the various air pollution control devices used in the process; including gas and particulate control devices, and specialised systems for the removal of specific species such as mercury;
Gas quality required to avoid operational issues such as corrosion, and to enable sequestration in a variety of storage media without creating unacceptable environmental risks; the required quality for CO2 transport will be defined by (future and awaited) regulation but may be at the standards currently required of food or beverage grade CO2; and
Speciation of some trace elements
Macquarie University was engaged by the Australian National Low Emissions Coal Research and Development Ltd (ANLEC R&D) to investigate the behaviour of trace elements during oxy-firing and CO2 capture and processing in a test program on the retrofitted Callide A power plant, with capability for both oxy and air-firing. Gaseous and particulate sampling was undertaken in the process exhaust gas stream after fabric filtration at the stack and at various stages of the CO2 compression and purification process. These measurements have provided detailed information on trace components of oxy-fired combustion gases and comparative measurements under air fired conditions. The field trials were supported by laboratory work where combustion took place in a drop tube furnace and modelling of mercury partitioning using the iPOG model.
The results obtained suggest that oxy-firing does not pose significantly higher environmental or operational risks than conventional air-firing. The levels of trace metals in the “purified” CO2 gas stream should not pose operational issues within the CO2 Processing Unit (CPU).
This webinar was presented by Peter Nelson, Professor of Environmental Studies, and Anthony Morrison, Senior Research Fellow, from the Department of Environmental Sciences, Macquarie University.
Webinar Series: Public engagement, education and outreach for CCS. Part 4: Is...Global CCS Institute
Teesside Collective has been developing a financial support mechanism to kickstart an Industrial Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) network in the UK. This project would transform the Teesside economy, which could act as a pilot area in the UK as part of the Government’s Industrial Strategy.
The final report– produced by Pöyry Management Consulting in partnership with Teesside Collective – outlines how near-term investment in CCS can be a cost-effective, attractive proposition for both Government and energy-intensive industry.
The report was published on Teesside Collective’s website on 7 February. You will be able to view copies of the report in advance of the webinar.
We were delighted to welcome Sarah Tennison from Tees Valley Combined Authority back onto the webinar programme. Sarah was joined by Phil Hare and Stuart Murray from Pöyry Management Consulting, to take us through the detail of the model and business case for Industrial CCS.
This webinar offered a rare opportunity to speak directly with these project developers and understand more about their proposed financial support mechanism.
Laboratory-scale geochemical and geomechanical testing of near wellbore CO2 i...Global CCS Institute
To highlight the research and achievements of Australian researchers, the Global CCS Institute together with ANLEC R&D will hold a series of webinars throughout 2016 and 2017. Each webinar will highlight a specific ANLEC R&D research project and the relevant report found on the Institute’s website. This is the sixth webinar of the series and presented the results of chemical and mechanical changes that carbon dioxide (CO2) may have at a prospective storage complex in the Surat Basin, Queensland, Australia.
Earth Sciences and Chemical Engineering researchers at the University of Queensland have been investigating the effects of supercritical CO2 injection on reservoir properties in the near wellbore region as a result of geochemical reactions since 2011. The near wellbore area is critical for CO2 injection into deep geological formations as most of the resistance to flow occurs in this region. Any changes to the permeability can have significant economic impact in terms of well utilisation efficiency and compression costs. In the far field, away from the well, the affected reservoir is much larger and changes to permeability through blocking or enhancement have relatively low impact.
This webinar was presented by Prof Sue Golding and Dr Grant Dawson and will provide an overview of the findings of the research to assist understanding of the beneficial effects and commercial consequences of near wellbore injectivity enhancement as a result of geochemical reactions.
Webinar Series: Public engagement, education and outreach for CCS. Part 3: Ca...Global CCS Institute
The third webinar in the public engagement, education and outreach for CCS Series digged deeper, perhaps multiple kilometres deeper, to explore successful methods for engaging the public on the often misunderstood topic of carbon (CO2) storage.
Forget bad experiences of high school geology, we kick-started our 2017 webinar program with three ‘rock stars’ of CO2 storage communication – Dr Linda Stalker, Science Director of Australia’s National Geosequestration Laboratory, Lori Gauvreau, Communication and Engagement Specialist for Schlumberger Carbon Services, and Norm Sacuta, Communication Manager at the Petroleum Technology Research Centre who all joined Kirsty Anderson, the Institute’s Senior Advisor on Public Engagement, to discuss the challenges of communicating about CO2 storage. They shared tips, tools and some creative solutions for getting people engaged with this topic.
This entire Webinar Series has been designed to hear directly from the experts and project practitioners researching and delivering public engagement, education and outreach best practice for carbon capture and storage. This third webinar was less focused on research and more on the real project problems and best practice solutions. It is a must for anyone interested in science communication/education and keen to access resources and ideas to make their own communications more engaging.
Water use of thermal power plants equipped with CO2 capture systemsGlobal CCS Institute
The potential for increased water use has often been noted as a challenge to the widespread deployment of carbon capture and storage (CCS) to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions. Early studies, that are widely referenced and cited in discussions of CCS, indicated that installation of a capture system would nearly double water consumption for thermal power generation, while more recent studies show different results. The Global CCS Institute has conducted a comprehensive review of data available in order to clarify messages around water consumption associated with installation of a capture system. Changes in water use estimates over time have been evaluated in terms of capture technology, cooling systems, and how the data are reported.
Guido Magneschi, Institute’s Senior Advisor – Carbon Capture, and co-author of the study, presented the results of the review and illustrated the main conclusions.
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1. Jarad Daniels
Office of Clean Coal & Carbon Management
Thursday 19th June 2014
U.S. CCS Policy
2. President’s Climate Action Plan:
Three overarching themes
Mitigation (Emissions Reduction)
• ALL OF THE ABOVE
• Efficiency, Renewables, Nuclear, Gas
• Coal with CCS/CCUS
Adaptation and Resilience
• Smart, reliable grid
• Key infrastructure investments
International Partnerships
• China and Asia
• Coordinated Intl. Efforts
2
Once in a Generation Opportunity to Build
3. 3
Effects of Market Realities
on the “All of Above” Strategy
• Regardless of EPA Greenhouse Gas
regulations, the Energy Information
Administration (EIA) projects that no new
coal-fired generation will be built in the US in
the foreseeable future.
• The expansion of shale gas production in the
U.S. has led to lower natural gas prices,
challenging the cost-competitiveness of coal-
fired power generation.
4. 4
Electric Utility Sector & EPA Regs
Issue Federal Regulation/Compliance
Air SOx & NOx crossing
state lines
Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR)
finalized 7.7.2011; 12.30.2011, DC Circuit stay of
CSAPR (CAIR in effect); 8.21.2012, DC Circuit
decision vacating CSAPR; SCOTUS overturned, EPA
Review Pending
Compliance: Unknown
Mercury and
Hazardous Air
Pollutants (HAPs)
Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) Rule for
Electric Generation Units
finalized 12.16.2011
Compliance: ~2015
GHG emissions GHG New Source Performance Standards (NSPS)
new rule proposed 9.20.2013
Existing GHG Regulation
proposed rule delivered 6.2014; final rule expected
6.2015 (under Presidential Memorandum)
Waste Coal Combustion
Residuals (e.g., coal
ash, boiler slag)
Coal Combustion Residuals (CCR) Rule
proposed rule 6.10.2010; schedule for final rule
expected 1.2014 (court memorandum)
Compliance: Unknown
Water Cooling Water Intake
Structures – impact
on aquatic life
CWA §316(b) Rule
proposed rule 4.20.2011; final rule delivered
5.2014 (settlement agreement)
Compliance: Within 8 Years
Surface water
discharges; Surface
impoundments
Steam Electric Effluent Limitations Guidelines
proposed rule expected 11.2012; final rule
expected 5.22.2014 (settlement agreement)
Compliance: Unknown
Near-term (through 2015-2016)
Compliance Horizon for EPA
regulations may create potential
localized reliability issues
Local reliability issues can be
managed with timely notice and
coordination on retirement and
retrofit decisions
States and regions will play a
valuable role in addressing EPA
regulation impacts
Non-transmission alternatives can
help alleviate reliability impacts
when/where available
EPA regulations are only one aspect
impacting the future of our
electricity system
5. 5
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 20212010
For Reliability
Critical Units
Technically in Effect
(conditional)
316(b)
Final Rule
5.2014
Compliance within 8 years of effective date
Eff Guide
Final Rule
5.22.2014
Eff Guide
Prop Rule
6.7.2013
316(b)
Prop Rule
4.20.2011
MATS
Final Rule
12.16.2011
Compliance within 3 years of effective date +
1 add’l year if granted by permitting authority
MATS
Prop Rule
3.16.2011
CSAPR
Final Rule
7.7.2011
CSAPR
Prop Rule
4.26.2010
EGU GHG
NSPS
Final Rule
2013-2014*
EGU GHG
NSPS
Prop Rule
3.27.2012
CCR
Final Rule
2014??
Compliance Currently Unknown
PROPOSED: Subtitle D – 6 months; Subtitle C – state decision
CCR
Prop Rule
6.21.2010
Compliance Currently Unknown
•CSAPR: 4.29.2014 opinion vacating CSAPR overturned by Supreme Court; EPA is reviewing the opinion
•MATS: EPA Enforcement Policy Memorandum; Presidential Memorandum; FERC Policy Statement
•EPA finalized its reconsideration of MATS for new sources on 3.28.2013; only impacts new sources to be built in the future.
EPA Regs Compliance Horizon
CAIR in effect; CSAPR Compliance Currently Unknown; pending SCOTUS review
* PM directs EPA to issue new proposed EGU GHG NSPS by 9.20.2013 and
a final rule “in a timely fashion after considering all public comments,
as appropriate”
EGU GHG
NSPS
Prop Rule #2
9.20.2013
Complaince, 2018- 2030+
Existing
EGU GHG
Final Rule
6.2015*
Existing
EGU GHG
Prop Rule
6.2014*
* PM directs EPA to issue proposed existing source
EGU GHG rule by 6.2014 and a final rule by 6.2015.
6. 6
Clean Air Act - 111(b)
New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for Greenhouse Gases (GHGs) from new fossil
sources, burning at least 50% coal or 50% natural gas
Coal-Fired Units: less than 1,100 lbs CO2/MWh
Reference: New Super Critical: 1,800-2,000 lbs CO2/MWh
Coal may comply with ~ 40% capture
Gas NGCC:1,000 lbs CO2/MWh
Gas simple cycle 1,100 CO2/MWh
- Compliance is on a 12 month rolling basis
- Captured CO2 may be sent for geologic storage
- EOR may be used with appropriate reporting
Timeline:
Proposed Regulation: November, 2013
Final Regulation expected November 2014 – January 2015 (1 year after proposal)
Note: 111(b) must be final before 111(d) is final!
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Clean Air Act - 111(d): Summary
Approach:
1.) Develop Building Blocks to guide emission reductions
2.) Set state targets for 2030
3.) Request State implementation plans by 2016-2017
4.) Gradual reduction over 12 years, with binding cap in 2030
EPA defines the “best system” as the Electricity system as a whole. Therefore,
new non-emitting sources can be used
EPA is seeking to provide as much flexibility to states as possible to develop
individual plans
Published concurrently with Modified source rule (Modified sources under
111(b). Note that this counts as a precursor to 111(d) regulations, as does the
New Source Performance Standards, also under 111(b)
111(d) has only been used 5 times before for smaller rules. This is new legal
territory for EPA.
8. 8
111(d): Building Blocks
Approach: EPA Developed 4 “Building blocks”
1.) 6% Improvement in Coal Plant Heat Rate (4% from “Best
practices”, 2% from Equipment Improvements
2.) Increase existing NGCC capacity factors to 70%
3.) Expanding new, less carbon – intensive generating capacity
(Renewables, New Nuclear, and credit for retaining existing
nuclear)
4.) Demand Side Energy Efficiency
- Building blocks are calculated on a per-state basis.
- States DO NOT have to use the 4 building blocks above.
- Building blocks set the state emission rate; State Implementation Plan can
determine how best to meet the emission rate.
- 2012 Baseline Year
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CO2 emission rate =
CO2 emissions from all affected fossil fuel EGUs
Generation from affected fossil fuel EGUs +
New RE Generation +
Generation from new and “preserved” NE +
Cumulative MWh saved from demand side EE
State Implementation Plans:
- SIPs due in June, 2016, unless states opt in to a multi-state approach
- Multi-State Plans due in June, 2017.
- Plans will be evaluated based on 4 criteria:
- Enforceable Measures
- Emission Performance
- Quantifiable and Verifiable Emission Performance
- Reporting and Corrective Action
EPA will be publishing guidelines to aid states in developing SIPs
111(d): Emission Rates and SIPs
10. 10
Draft Rule: 2 June 2014
Final NSPS: November 2014 – January 2015
Final Rule: June, 2015 (Per President’s Directive)
State Plans: June, 2016
Multi State Plans: June, 2017
Initial Reductions: 2018
SIPs shall set interim goals to assess performance over the time period from
2018-2030.
Binding State Goals: 2030; 3-year rolling average thereafter.
111(d): Timeframes:
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Cross-Cutting Research
Crosscutting technology development program
Major Goals: 2016: advance 2nd gen materials, sensors, modeling technologies to
applied programs
2020: develop distributed communication sensor networks
(transformational tech.)
CO2 Storage
Safe, permanent storage of CO2 from power and industry
Major Goals: 2020: technologies and tools available to measure and account for 99%
of injected CO2
2020: CCS best practices and protocols completed based upon RCSP
Phase III activities
CO2 Capture and Compression
Cost effective capture for new and existing plants
Major Goals: 2016: complete 2nd gen field tests (~1.0 MW scale)
2020: complete 2nd gen pilot tests (10 to 25 MW)
2025: complete transformational tech. field tests (~ 1.0 MW)
Office of Clean Coal: Program Summary
Advanced Energy Systems
Gasification, Adv Turbines, Adv Combustion, CBTL, and fuel cells
Major Goals: 2016: Complete Warm Gas Cleanup demo.
2025: 20-30% Reduction in Combined Cycle Capital Cost (2nd gen)
2025: Advanced combustion ready for pilot scale operation
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Carbon Capture
Sub-program is focused on the development of post-combustion and pre-
combustion CO2 capture technology for new and existing industrial and power-
producing plants
The National Carbon Capture Center
in Wilsonville, Alabama
FY 2015 Request: $77.0 Million
• Post-Combustion Capture Systems
(65.0 Million)
• Pre-Combustion Capture Systems
(12.0 Million)
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Carbon Storage
Sub-program advances safe, cost-effective and
permanent geologic storage of CO2
FY 2015 Request: $80.1 Million
• Storage Infrastructure (Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnerships)
(60.1 Million)
• Geologic Storage Technologies
(8.5 Million)
• Monitoring, Verification, Accounting and Assessment
(4.5 Million)
• Focus Area for Carbon Sequestration Science
(7.0 Million)
Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnerships
14. 14
Advanced Energy Systems
Sub-program focuses on improving the efficiency of coal-based power systems,
enabling affordable CO2 capture, increasing plant availability, and maintaining the
highest environmental standards
FY 2015 Request: $51.0 Million
• Advanced Combustion Systems
(15.0 Million)
• Gasification Systems
(22.0 Million)
• Hydrogen Turbines
(11.0 Million)
• Solid Oxide Fuel Cells
(3.0 Million)
15. 15
Cross-Cutting Research
Development of new materials, catalysts, instrumentation and sensors,
and advanced computer systems that will be used in future power plants
and energy systems
FY 2015 Request: $35.3 Million
• Plant Optimization Technologies
(7.0 Million)
• Coal Utilization Science
(23.5 Million)
• University Training and Research
(2.75 Million)
• Energy Analyses
(0.85 Million)
• International Activities
(1.1 Million)
16. 16
CCS & Power Systems Funding
FY 2013 - 2015
($ in thousands)
FY 2013
FY 2014
Enacted
FY 2015
Request
Carbon Capture
Post-Combustion
Natural Gas CCS Prize
Pre-Combustion
Total, Carbon Capture
51,336
0
12,389
63,725
80,000
0
12,000
92,000
65,000
0
12,000
77,000
Carbon Storage
Storage Infrastructure (Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnerships)
Geological Storage
Monitoring, Verification, Accounting and Assessment
Carbon Use and Reuse
Focus Area for Carbon Sequestration Science
Total, Carbon Storage
76,961
13,845
6,229
719
8,991
106,745
71,866
16,300
10,000
800
9,800
108,766
60,084
8,500
4,500
0
7,000
80,084
Advanced Energy Systems
Advanced Combustion Systems
Gasification Systems
Hydrogen Turbines
Coal and Coal Biomass to Liquids
Solid Oxide Fuel Cells
Total, Advanced Energy Systems
14,790
36,051
13,866
4,621
23,110
92,438
18,500
36,000
15,000
5,000
25,000
99,500
15,000
22,000
11,000
0
3,000
51,000
Cross-cutting Research
Plant Optimization Technologies
Coal Utilization Science
Energy Analyses
University Training and Research
International Activities
Total, Cross-cutting Research
12,629
23,293
4,711
3,699
1,286
45,618
17,025
19,000
950
3,600
1,350
41,925
7,042
23,550
850
2,750
1,100
35,292
NETL Coal Research and
Development
NETL Coal Research and Development
Total, NETL Coal Research and Development
33,338
33,338
50,011
50,011 34,031
Total, CCS & Power Systems 341,864 392,202 277,407
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17. 17
Fossil Energy Budget: 2015:
$205,000
1,600
19,950
15,580
Research
and
Development
CCS Demonstrations
Natural Gas Carbon Capture & Storage
CCS & Power Systems
Carbon Capture
Carbon Storage
Advanced Energy Systems
Cross-cutting Research
NETL Coal R&D
Total CCS & Power Systems
Oil & Natural Gas Technologies
Petroleum
Reserves
Other R&D/Prog. Direction/Mgmt.Support
Total, Research and Development
(Dollars in Thousands)
FY2015
25,000
77,000
80,084
51,000
35,292
34,031
$302,407
$35,000
$138,093
$475,500
Request
Total Fossil Energy Budget $711,030
Strategic Petroleum Reserve
Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve*
Naval Petroleum Reserves/RMOTC
Elk Hills School Land Fund
Rescission of CCT Prior Year Funds ($6,600)
18. 18
DOE CCUS Demonstration Projects
CCPI
FutureGen
ICCS (Area I)
Hydrogen Energy California
IGCC with EOR
$408 Million - DOE
$4.0 Billion - Total
Summit Texas Clean Energy
IGCC with EOR
$450 Million - DOE
$1.7 Billion - Total
NRG Energy
Post Combustion with CO2
Capture with EOR
$167 Million – DOE
$339 Million - Total
Air Products
CO2 Capture from Steam
Methane Reformers with EOR
$284 Million - DOE
$431 Million - Total
Leucadia
CO2 Capture from Methanol
with EOR
$261 Million - DOE
$436 Million - Total
Archer Daniels Midland
CO2 Capture from Ethanol w/ saline storage
$141 Million - DOE
$208 Million - Total
FutureGen 2.0
Oxy-combustion with CO2 capture
and saline storage
$1.0 Billion - DOE
$1.3 Billion - Total
Southern Company Services
IGCC-Transport Gasifier w/CO2 pipeline
$270 Million - DOE
$2.67 Billion - Total
Focus – Large-scale commercial demonstration of CCUS integrated with
coal power generation and industrial sources.
19. 19
Southern Company Services
Advanced IGCC with CO2 Capture
Plant SitePlant Site
Status
Plant construction >85% complete;>5,100
construction workers on site
CO2 off-take agreements signed
Lignite mine under development
Combustion turbine startup: Aug 2013
Roll Steam Turbine: Oct 2013
Gasifier heat-up: June 2014
Key Dates
Project Awarded: January 2006
Project moved to MS: December 2008
Construction: July 2010
NEPA ROD: August 2010
Operations: Nov/Dec 2014
• Kemper County, MS
• 582 MWe (net) IGCC: 2 Gasifiers, 2 Siemens
Combustion Turbines, 1 Toshiba Steam Turbine
• Mississippi Lignite Fuel
• ~67% CO2 capture (Selexol® process)
3,000,000 tons CO2/year
• EOR Denbury Onshore LLC, Treetop Midstream
Services LLC
• Total Project: $4.3 Billion
DOE Share: $270 Million (7%)
DOE Reimbursement to date: $248 Million
20. 20
Southern Company Services
Advanced IGCC with CO2 Capture
Remaining Issues/Concerns:
There are few remaining challenges for the Kemper project to overcome, but none of them are
anticipated to preclude the plant from operating as planned.
Portions of the plant are presently being tested and full operations is expected to start in early 2015.
Litigation was filed by the Sierra Club on the Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity. The
issue is before the Mississippi State Supreme Court.
Mississippi Power Company (MPC) has increased estimated plant costs several times over the past
year. MPC will not seek to recover these increases from customers.
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Archer Daniels Midland
CO2 Capture from Biofuel Plant
• Decatur, IL
• CO2 is a by-product (>99% purity) from production of
fuel grade ethanol via anaerobic fermentation
• Up to 90% CO2 capture; dehydration (via tri-ethylene
glycol) and compression – ~900,000 tonnes CO2 /year
• Sequestration in Mt. Simon Sandstone saline reservoir
• Total Project: $208 Million
DOE Share: $141 Million (68%)
DOE Reimbursement to date: $75 Million
Key Dates
Phase 2 selection: Jun 15, 2010
FEED Complete: Apr 2011
NEPA FONSI: Apr 2011
Construction start: May 2011
UIC Class VI Injection Well Permit: Aug 2014
Sequestration start: Feb 2015
Status
Construction ~55% complete
UIC Class VI permit submitted: Jul 2011
Two monitoring wells drilled: Nov 2012
Commissioning compression and dehydration:
began in July 2013
24. 24
Archer Daniels Midland
CO2 Capture from Biofuel Plant
Remaining Issues/Concerns:
The ADM draft permitting process for the first UIC Class VI CO2 injection well permit is on track.
The permitting process may continue through August 2014 to get the final permit. Any delay would
impact the injection well drilling schedule.
26. 26
ADM - Project Monitoring Photos (June 2013)
Soil Gas and CO2 Flux
Networks
Shallow Groundwater
Sampling
27. 27
ADM - Project Photos (June 2013)
Four Compressor Train Compressor & Auxiliaries
Dehydration System 8” High Pressure transmission Line
28. 28
Air Products & Chemicals
Steam Methane Reforming with CO2 Capture
• Port Arthur, TX (Hydrogen plant at Valero Refinery)
• 90%+ CO2 capture (Vacuum Swing Adsorption) from 2
steam-methane reformers (SMRs) yielding ~925,000
tonnes CO2/year
• ~30 MWe cogeneration unit to supply makeup steam
to SMRs and operate VSA and compression equipment
• CO2 to Denbury for EOR - West Hastings oilfield
• Total Project: $431 Million
DOE Share: $284 Million (66%)
DOE Reimbursement to date: $266 Million
Key Dates
Phase 2 selection: Jun 15, 2010
FEED complete: Nov 2010
Permit By Rule (PBR) and Standard Air
Permits issued: May 2011
NEPA FONSI: Jul 2011
Construction start: Aug 2011
Operation start: Dec 2012
Status
PA-1 initiated operation: Mar 3, 2013
PA-2 initiated operation: Dec 16, 2012
– Operating continuously since Dec 31, 2012
– Full capacity achieved: April 2013
– Total CO2 delivered: 922K tons (Mar 2014)
Final MVA report submitted: Feb 2013
29. Air Products & Chemicals
Steam Methane Reforming with CO2 Capture
Remaining Issues/Concerns:
APCI is currently operating and there are no present issues of concern with this project.
The project reached 1,000,000 metric tons of contained CO2 in the mid-April 2014 timeframe.
APCI has requested a 2-year no-cost time extension beyond September 30, 2015 to provide
additional operational data.
30. VSA VesselsVSA Vessels
Co-Gen Unit
Blowers
CO2 Compressor &
TEG Unit CO2 Surge
Tanks
Existing SMR
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. - Port Arthur 2
31. 31
0
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
3000
3500
4000
HECA FutureGen 2.0 Archer Daniels
Midland
Summit TX
Clean Energy
NRG Energy Air Products Leucadia Southern
Company
TotalProjectCost(MillionsofDollars($))
DOE CCUS Demonstration Projects
Funding Sources
DOE Funding Industry Funding
32. 32
Texas Clean Energy Project
A breakdown of the financing
Project Details
• Advanced Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle
• Poly-generation with Enhanced Oil Recovery
• 90% CO2 capture ~ 2.7 million tons of CO2 per year
• CO2 used for EOR in the Permian Basin oilfields
Project Funding
• Foreign Investment
• MOU signed by representatives of Summit, Sinopec Engineering Group, and The Export-Import Band of
China
• Pending a possible $ 1 billion foreign investment Sinopec Engineering Group and China’s state-
owned Export-Import Bank (Chexim)
• Total Funding Breakdown
• $ 1.3 billion in debt financing in the form of bonds and bank loans
• $ 845 million from equity and tax equity
• $ 450 million in DOE Clean Coal Power Initiative funding
• Federal Tax Incentives – Long-term benefits totaling $1.49 billion
• $ 313 million – Advanced Coal Program Investment Tax Credit
• $ 253 million – Total available Carbon Sequestration Tax Credits over the first 10 years
• $ 925 million – estimated MACRS accelerated depreciation tax benefits over the first 5 years
Plant Production Details
• 400 MW of gross power
• 160 MW net available for sale to the power grid.
• 2.2 million tons of CO2 per year for EOR
• 720 thousand tons of Urea per year
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Loan Program Office Project Development Financing
LPO Advanced Fossil Energy Solicitation
$8 billion in loan guarantees
CARBON CAPTURE
• From traditional coal or NG generation
• Saline formations or EOR
ADVANCED RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
• ECBM, UCG, novel oil and gas drilling
• Use of co-produced waste gases vs. flaring
LOW CARBON POWER SYSTEMS
• Oxycombustion, chemical looping
• Syngas-, H2, or NG-based fuel cells
EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS
• CHP and waste-heat recovery
• High-T or high-efficiency cycles
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Funding CCS Projects in the United States…
American Reinvestment and Recovery Act (ARRA):
- $ 1 Billion, FutureGen 2.0
- $ 1.52 Billion, Industrial CCS Applications
- $ 800 Million, CCPI Round 3 Expansion
- $ 100 Million, Training, Research, and Program Direction
U.S. DOE Office of Fossil Energy
- $ 25 Million, requested for Natural Gas CCS demonstration in FY 2015
Loan Guarantees
$8 Billion available for Advanced Fossil Projects
- Will guarantee up to 80% of the project cost
- First round of applications submitted April, 2014
Tax Credits:
At least 500,000 metric tons per tax year captured and used for:
(1) $20 per metric ton of carbon dioxide which is - (A) captured by the taxpayer at a qualified
facility, and (B) disposed of in secure geological storage (Saline Formations)
(2) $10 per metric ton of qualified carbon dioxide which is—(A) captured by the taxpayer at a
qualified facility, (B) used by the taxpayer as a tertiary injectant in a qualified enhanced oil or
natural gas recovery project, and (C) disposed of by the taxpayer in a secure geological
storage.
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Carbon Sequestration
Leadership Forum (CSLF)
• A ministerial-level international climate change
initiative focused on the development of improved,
cost effective CCS.
• Comprised of 23 members representing 22 countries
and the European Commission.
• CSLF member countries represent over 60% of the
world’s population and over 70% of man-made CO2
emissions, world energy production and consumption,
and world GDP.
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Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum
The CSLF aims to:
– Share information on CCS
Projects, policy initiatives and
legal and regulatory
developments in member
countries;
– Build the capacity for CCS in
the developing country CSLF
Members;
– Explore methods for financing
CCS projects, including in
developing countries, and;
– Develop global roadmaps for
research, development and
demonstration of CCS
technologies.
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Global challenge global progress:
new global solutions still required
Key unit of innovation – global engines of discovery
Uthmaniyah (KSA)
Lula (BRA)
Quest (CAN) Mongstad (NOR)
ESI (UAE)
Gorgon (AUS)
GreenGen (PRC)
We just need more projects and more information
38. China: necessary and equal partner
• Global leader and driver
– In coal use, production, &
imports
– In CO2 emissions
– In boiler and gasifier
construction
– In renewable loading and
production
• Technically advanced
– Gasification technology and use
– USC-PC; developing A-USC cycles
– Advanced modeling &
simulation
• Global economic powerhouse
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US-China CERC: Premier bi-lateral R&D platform
This work performed under the auspices of the U.S. Department of Energy by Lawrence
Livermore National Laboratory under Contract DE-AC52-07NA27344
Active as of Oct. 2010
Joint R&D platform for efficient
buildings, efficient vehicles, and
clean coal plus CCUS
•Carbon sequestration tech. &
practice
• Capture technology and
engineering
• Coal Conversion and CO2
utilization
Large industrial projects as part
of R&D platform
Technical management plan
(with IP protections) signed
Sept. 2011
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U.S.-China Climate Change Working Group
• Five cooperative initiative were launched after
the April 2013 visit to China by Secretary Kerry:
1. Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage
2. Smart Grid
3. Emission reduction from heavy-duty & other vehicles
4. Collecting and managing GHG emission data
5. Energy efficiency in building & industry
• CCUS initiative focus on partnering new China
CCUS demonstration projects in EOR and water
production with their U.S. counterparts.