Company/Alliance: E.ON and Alstom Power
Location: Karlshamn, Sweden
Feedstock: Oil
Size: 5MW
Capture Technology: Post Combustion with chilled ammonia
CO2 Fate: Undecided
Timing: Trial operation (2008). Pilot systems at power plant sites scheduled to start building 2010. CO2 capture planned to be as early as 2014.
Motivation/Economics: E.ON and Alstom will be investing €11 million (US$ 15 million) in the pilot project at Karlshamn with the aim of introducing it at the new gas-fired plant in Malmö, Sweden.
Comments: Studies demonstrate that Alstom’s chilled ammonia technology results in an energy loss of approximately 10% compared to other methods of post combustion separation with losses of nearly 30% and can capture 90% of CO2 from flue gases.
Project Link: E.ON: Innovation: Post-Combustion-Capture
Other Sources and Press Release:
Alstom moves on CCS projects (July 2007)
E.ON to Build Pilot Plant for CO2 Capture (June 2007)
Alstom signs contract with global company E.ON to build chilled ammonia based CO2 capture plant in Sweden for oil and gas (June 2007)
E.ON to test CO2 capture technology in Sweden (June 2007)
E.ON to test carbon technology in Sweden (March 2007)
