Company/Alliance: Vattenfall
Location: Janschwalde, Brandenburg, Germany
Feedstock: Coal (lignite) from nearby opencast mines.
Size: 500MW
Capture Technology: Oxyfuel combustion and post combustion (one boiler Oxyfuel and one boiler post combustion)
CO2 Fate: EGR in Altmark, although all options are still being considered.
Timing: Announced May 2008. Feasability studies (2008); Application for permits (2009); Construction (2011); Full scale operation (2015).
Motivation/Economics: €1bn euros ($1.58bn) invested by Vattenfall.
Comments: This is Vattenfall's larger scale demonstration project after the pilot plant at Schwarze Pumpe was opened in 2008. It is the last development step before CCS is comercially introduced. Janschwalde is the largest coal fired power station and the largest CO2 emitter (25 MT/Yr) in Germany.
Project Link: Vattenfall CO2 Free Power Plant
Other Sources and Press Release:
Vattenfall focuses effort on Janshwalde (September 2009)
Power Engineering news release (May 2008)
Carbon Capture Journal report (May 2008)
Vattenfall's presentation at European Energy Forum [PDF] (October 2008)
Date Modified September 17, 2009
