Company/Alliance: Fortum, Teollisuuden Voima, Siemens Energy
Location: Meri Pori, Finland
Feedstock: Coal
Size: 565MW ( Approx 1.25Mt CO2/Yr)
Capture Technology: IGCC
CO2 Fate: Shipment overseas due to lack of suitable storage sites in Finland
Timing: Analysis of alternative technologies (2008); Investment decision ( 2011-12); Operation (2015).
Motivation/Economics: The European Commission has launched an initiative to start 12 large-scale CCS demonstration projects by 2015. Meri Pori is hoping to be one of them.
Comments: Meri Pori was constructed in 1993 and being a new power station it is easier to retro-fit than older power plants. Fortum has been testing CO2 capture at its Värtan CHP power plant in Stockholm, Sweden since 2007.
Project Link: Fortum Meri Pori Project Website
Other Sources and Press Release:
Siemens Capture technology chosen for Meri Pori (October 2009)
Fortum News: CCS to be developed at Meri Port ( January 2008)
TVO CO2 capture technology to be used in Meri Pori
Date Modified October 26, 2009
