Company/Alliance: Basin Electric, Powerspan, Burns and McDonnell
Location: Antelope Valley Station, Beulah, North Dakota, USA,
Feedstock: Coal
Size: 120MW slipstream from 450MW electric generating unit.
(90% capture target with an estimated 1 million tonnes of CO2 per year to be captured).
Capture Technology: Post-combustion with ammonia (Powerspan technology)
CO2 Fate: EOR. The CO2 will be cleaned and pressurized before it is feed into the adjacent Dakota Gasification's Synfuels Plant existing 205-mile (330 km) CO2 pipeline for EOR in Canada.
Timing: Commercial operation (2012).
Motivation/Economics: Awarded a US $100 million grant from DOE (July 2009). Awarded a $300 million loan from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in January 2009. Powerspan's carbon capture technique (ECO2) was selected by Basin Electric as the most promising low cost option for commercial deployment and for its ability to best integrate with Basin Electric's operations.
Comments: The USDA award on January 15th 2009 makes the Antelope valley carbon capture project the first demonstration project in the US. Basin Electric's wholly owned subsidiary, Dakota Gasification Company, is the only current company in the U.S. that captures CO2 from Coal and delivers it for EOR. Basin Electric has a diverse energy portfolio and is looking to become a world leader in CCS.
Project Link: Antelope Valley Basin Electric website
Other Sources and Press Release:
Secretary Chu announces 2 new projects to reduce emissions from coal plants (July 2009)
Press Release: Award of US $100 Million from DOE (July 2009)
Basin Electric announcment of USDA award (January 2009)
USDA press release of $300 Million loan (January 2009)
Basin Electric and Powerspan team up. Press release [PDF] (June 2008)
Basin Electric selects Powerspan for large-scale demonstration of CCS [PDF] (March 2008)
Basin Electric Website
Powerspan Website
Date Modified September 9, 2009
