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Cancelled and Inactive Projects

These are projects which have been Cancelled, Postponed (On Hold), or have had no news or any activity for an extended amount of time (Dormant).

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Index of Abbreviations are located at the bottom of the page

Cancelled and Inactive Projects

USA

Project Name

Leader

Location

Feedstock

Size

Capture Process

CO2 Fate

Status

FutureGen

FutureGen Alliance

Illinois

Coal

200 MW

Oxy

Saline

Cancelled

HECA

SCS

California

Petcoke

400

Pre

EOR/ Saline

Cancelled

Lake Charles

Leucadia Energy

Louisiana

Methanol Production

4.5 MW

EOR

Planning

Cancelled

Kimberlina

Clean Energy Systems

California

Coal

50 MW

Oxy

Saline

Cancelled

Carson

BP

California

Coal

500 MW

Post

Saline

Replaced with HECA

Taylorville

Tenaska

Illinois

Coal

602 MW

Pre

Saline

Cancelled

Indiana Gasification

Leucadia

Indiana

Coal

5 Mt/yr

Pre

EOR

On Hold

Antelope Valley

Basin Electric

North Dakota

Coal

120 MW

Post

EOR

Cancelled

Sweeny Gasification

ConocoPhillips

Texas

Coal

680 MW

Pre

Saline/ EOR

On Hold

Trailblazer

Tenaska

Texas

Coal

765 MW

Post

EOR

Cancelled

ZENG Worsham-Steed

Worsham-Steed

Texas

Coal

70 MW

Oxy

EOR

Cancelled

Wallula

Wallula Resource

Washington

Coal

600 MW

Pre

Saline

Cancelled

AEP Mountaineer

AEP

West Virginia

Coal

235 MW

Post

Saline

Cancelled

Big Bend Station

Siemens

FL, USA

Coal

1 MW

Post

Vented

Cancelled

Appalacian Power

AEP

West Virginia

Coal

629 MW

Pre

Saline

Cancelled

Canada

Project Name

Leader

Location

Feedstock

Size

Capture Process

CO2 Fate

Status

Swan Hills

Swan Hills Synfuels

Alberta

In situ Coal Gasification

1.3 MT/Yr

Pre

EOR

Cancelled

Bow City

BCPL

Alberta

Coal

1000

Post

EOR

On Hold

Belle Plaine

TransCanada

Saskatchewan

Petcoke

500 MW

Pre

Undecided

Dormant

Project Pioneer

TransAlta

Alberta

Coal

450 MW

Post

Saline/ EOR

Cancelled

European Union

Project Name

Leader

Location

Feedstock

Size

Capture Process

CO2 Fate

Status

Porto Tolle

ENEL

Italy

Coal

250 MW

Post

Saline

On Hold

Getica

Turceni Energy

Romania

Coal

330 MW

Post

Saline

On Hold

Green Hydrogen

Air Liquide

Netherlands

H2 Production

0.55 Mt/yr

EOR

Planning

On Hold

Eemshaven

Essent

Netherlands

Coal

1600 MW

Post

EOR

On Hold

Teesside Low Carbon

Progressive

UK

Coal

400 MW

Pre

Depleted Oil

On Hold

ULCOS Florange

ArcelorMittal

France

Steel Production

0.7 Mt/yr

Post

Saline

On Hold

ROAD

E.ON

Netherlands

Coal

250

Post

Depleted Oil or Gas

On Hold

Magnum

Nuon

Netherlands

Various

1200 MW

Pre

Depleted Oil or Gas

On Hold

Killingholme

C.GEN

UK

Coal

470

Pre

Saline

Cancelled

Compostilla

ENDESA

Spain

Coal

30-320 MW

Oxy

Saline

Cancelled

Goldenbergwerk

RWE

Germany

Coal

450 MW

Pre

Saline

Cancelled

Janschwalde

Vattenfall

Germany

Coal

300 MW

Oxy

EGR

Cancelled

Barendrecht

Shell

Netherlands

Oil Refinery

0.4 Mt/Yr

Post

Depleted Gas

Cancelled

Belchatow

PGE

Poland

Coal

250 MW

Post

Saline

Cancelled

Longannet

Scottish Power

UK

Coal

300 MW

Post

Saline

Cancelled

FINNCAP

Fortum

Finland

Coal

565 MW

Post

Depleted Gas

Cancelled

Hunterston

Ayrshire Power

UK

Coal

1,600 MW

Post

Depleted Gas

Cancelled

Norway

Project Name

Leader

Location

Feedstock

Size

Capture Process

CO2 Fate

Status

Kårstø

Naturkraft

Norway

Gas

420 MW

Post

Saline

On Hold

Longyearbyen

Unis CO2

Norway

Coal

N/A

Post

Saline

On Hold

Zeng Risavika

CO2 Norway

Norway

Gas

50 MW

Oxy

Saline

Cancelled

Halten

Statoil

Norway

Gas

860 MW

Post

EOR

Cancelled

Rest of the World

Project Name

Leader

Location

Feedstock

Size

Capture Process

CO2 Fate

Start-up

HPAD

Masdar

UAE

Gas

400

Pre

EOR

On Hold

ZeroGen

ZeroGen

Australia

Gas

2 MT/Yr

Pre

Saline

Cancelled

Kwinana

BP

Australia

Coal

500 MW

Pre

Saline

Cancelled

 

Abbreviations used:
Oxy = Oxyfuel Combustion Capture
Pre = Pre Combustion Capture
Post = Post Combustion Capture
EOR = Enhanced Oil Recovery
EGR = Enhanced Gas Recovery
Saline = Saline Formation
Depleted Gas = Depleted Gas Reservoir
Depleted Oil = Depleted Oil Reservoir
TBD = To Be Decided