Company/Alliance: Joint venture of participants from Australia and Japan: CS Energy Ltd (CSE), Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co., Ltd (IHI), Japan Coal Energy Centre (JCOAL), Electric Power Development Co., Ltd (JPower), Xstrata Coal, and Schlumberger Oilfields Australia with supporting collaboration from the Co-operative Research Centre for Coal in Sustainable Development (CCSD), and the Co-operative Research Centre for Greenhouse Gas Technologies (CO2CRC)
Location: Biloela, Queensland, Australia
Feedstock: Coal
Size: 30 MW, 30,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide per year captured and stored
Capture Technology: Oxyfuel combustion- retrofitting an existing coal fired boiler
CO2 Fate: Sequestration
Timing: Stage 1: Demonstration: feasibility study (2006), retrofit construction and commissioning (2007-2008) operation (2009-2013); Stage 2: Geosequestration: site selection (2007), pilot injection (2008-2009), construction and commissioning (2009-2010), injection (2010-2013), and monitoring (2010-2014); Stage 3: Project Conclusion: implementation of commercialization plan (2014-2015)
Motivation/Economics: Pending the outcome of the 30 MW demonstration the second phase of the project will include building a larger demonstration plant that produces 150,000 tonnes of CO2 per year for a test period of 3-4 years. Estimated total cost is approximately AUD $188 million (US$161 million) excluding any revenue offset. The project is being supported AUD $50 million (US$ 41 million) by the Australian Government’s Low Emissions Technology Demonstration Fund (LETDF).
Comments: In 2006 a two year feasibility study was completed that included the tests of the combustibility of Queensland coal in a pilot oxyfuel test facility at Aioi in Japan. Construc
Project Link: Callide Oxyfuel project homepage
Other Sources and Press Release:
CS energy:Callide Power Station
Callide Oxyfuel project fact sheet [PDF]
Callide-A Oxy-fuel Demonstration Project [PDF]
Callide Oxyfuel Project [PDF] (July 2007)
Current Status of the Callide Oxy-fuel Demonstration Plant [PDF] (September 2006)
MoU with Japanese aims for Clean-Coal Technology (March 2006)
Backgrounder- Oxy-firing technology and CO2 capture and storage [PDF] (September 2004)
