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 in onshore saline aquifer (to start in 2010)
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 $200 million (US$131 million) excluding any revenue offset. The project is being supported AUD $50 million (US$ 33 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. The power station has been out of service since 2001 during which time it has been receiving a complete overhaul. Project ground-breaking occured on November 14th 2008.
Project Link: Callide Oxyfuel project homepage
Other Sources and Press Release:
CS Energy: Callide Oxyfuel project
CS energy:Callide Power Station
Callide Oxyfuel project fact sheet [PDF]
Callide Oxyfuel Project [PDF] (March 2009)
Press release Queensland gov project underway [PDF] (November 2008)
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)
Callide Oxyfeul project schedulefuel website
Date modified October 26, 2009
