Company/Alliance: Clean energy systems Inc; West Coast Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnership (WESTCARB); US Department of Energy (DOE); Schlumberger; California Energy Comission,
Location: Kimberlina, San Joaquin Basin, California, USA
Feedstock: Coal (and biomass).
Size: 50 MW
Capture Technology: Oxyfuel
CO2 Fate: Sequestration. 0.25 MT/Yr for 4 years. Target formation is 2 sadnstones at 7000 ft (2100 meters) beneath the 50MW power plant. The Vedder Sandstone is the primary target with a thickness of 500 ft (150 meters).
Timing: Injection testing (2009), main Injection (2010)
Motivation/Economics: Total Project cost $90,594,099. DOE share $65,606,584.
Comments: Clean energy systems has developed a new oxy-combustion technology, similar to that used in rocket engines, and will be testing it at Kimberlina. There have been 3 successful tests at 20 MW in December 2004 at 20MW, and they are now testing at a modest-seized, 50MW power generation. Multiple monitoring and modelling methods will also be used throughout the injection for validation and improvement of these techniques.
Project Link: Clean energy systems Inc website
Other Sources and Press Release:
DOE award press release (May 2008)
DOE Atlas 2008. WESTCARB report [PDF] (2008)
WestCarb presentation on Kimberlina [PDF] (December 2007)
Clean Energy systems press release
(June 2007)
Report about Cleam energy systems power generation (October 2007)
Date modified July 31, 2009
