Company/Alliance: BASF, RWE Power and the Linde Group
Location: Hürth, near Cologne, Germany
Feedstock: Coal (lignite)
Size: 450 MW Gross, 360 MW Net, 2.3 million tonnes of CO2 per year captured and stored
Capture Technology: IGCC/Pre-combustion
CO2 Fate: Sequestration in saline reservoir
Timing: Power Plant - Phase 1: project development (2006-2008); Phase 2: engineering and approval procedure (2008-2010); Phase 3: construction (2010-2014) and commercial operation (2015).
CO2 Storage - Phase 1: selection of storage site (2006-2008); Phase 2: evaluation of storage site (2008-2010); Phase 3: construction of storage facility (2011-2014). CO2 storage is planned for 2020.
Motivation/Economics: Total cost is €2 billion (US$2.577 billion). RWE has already comitted €1 billion ( US $1.3 billion) with €800 million (US$ 1.1 billion) for the power plant and €200 million (US$ 280 million) for the pipeline and CO2 storage operations.
Comments: RWE Power is working with RWE Dea to use their knowledge of the exploration of oil and gas for storing natural gas to find suitable geological formations on or offshore. RWE Power is making €2 billion (US$ 2.7 billion) available for its climate protection program until 2014, including spending money on renewable energy and CO2 reduction in developing countries.
The chosen site is the Goldenbergwerk site. RWE Dea plans to investigate suitable storage locations in Schleswig-Holstein.
Project Link: RWE IGCC project website
Other Sources and Press Release:
Cologne Government approves CCS plant (March 2009) Page is translated from German
RWE Press release of site chosen (August 2008)
Press release September 2007
IGCC power plant: Clean-Coal power plant the centrepiece of ecological modernization
Why does RWE want to build a CO2-free power plant?
RWE’s IGCC CCS Project: Zero-CO2 Fossil Fired Power Generation [PDF] (September 2006)
RWE Plans 1 Bln Euro Clean-Coal Power Plant (March 2006)
Date Modified April 28, 2009
