Company/Alliance: Hydrogen Energy International (HEI). HEI is a group of comapnies owned by BP Alternative Energy and Rio Tinto. Occidental Petroleum.
Location: Kern County, California, USA
Feedstock: Petcoke to Hydrogen
Size: 390 MW (Gross). 2 Million tons of CO2 estimated captured.
Capture Technology: IGCC (for petroleum coke) capturing about 90% of the CO2 released
CO2 Fate: EOR in Occidental's Elk Hills oil field.
Timing: Public review and consideration (2008); Completion of CEC permiting process (2010); Construction start (2011); Plant operation (December 2014).
Motivation/Economics: When completed this project will produre enough energy for 150,000 homes in Southern California. This project is located close to Occidental's Elk Hills oil fields but other oil fields exist nearby which can provide sequestraion potential.
Comments: This project was awarded a US $308 million award from DOE in July 2009..This project is the re-organized Carson (DF2) project. HECA has begun the year-long certification process through the California Energy Comission
Project Link: Hydrogen Energy California project (HECA) project website
Other Sources and Press Release:
California Energy Commission begins Hydrogen Power plant review (August 2009)
DOE award of $308 Million: Hydrogen Energy News Release (July 2009)
Hydrogen Energy Website
Hydrogen Energy News
Mining news release about HECA project (July 2008)
HECA fact sheet [PDF]
Date Modified October 26, 2009
